Dear Artists...

So..things go quiet, ugh.  In my experience its the months of January, July, August that are as dead as can be.  If you are in a big city there is a general exodus in the Summer and January...flat as a do do as everyone is on saving pennies/diets/ exercise regimes etc...this does nothing to help the sales of our all important artwork.

Its hard to find the gumption to get out those brushes or make more of your artwork during these times...the phone is quiet and its generally all a bit shite...I know..been there..alot and only since I became a parent have these dead times been really quite nice - am older now and can predict and use the down times to my advantage but many have the times been that I may have just packed it all in, given up the ghost only for the phone to ring 3/4 weeks later and am back in business.  This art gig is seriously one up and down ride - forever.

So...my nudge to you is to keep going.  Keep making your work and GET YOURSELF BOOKED IN OR ENROLED FOR SOMETHING. 

Seriously, we all need a deadline and something to work towards.  I have no snobbishness about what it could be...a self-organised show in Cork St, or a coffee morning stall at your local school for their fundraiser (these are some of the best places to sell at..more to follow on this later) Perhaps a competition -  Just get yourself something to work towards, it concentrates the mind and gets you making, not thinking.