[tzvetomir]

Hello everyone,

I would like to share that I sold a painting the other day to a business client who will give it as a present to the Embassy of Finland. This is not very important but what I did was that together with the painting I attached a folder with the following info and photos in Bulgarian and English: Artists Statement, Information about my tree planting initiative, Information with values and functions of trees and forests, Certificate of Authenticity, Green certificate verifying that 30% of the sale price of the artwork goes for tree planting, 4 photos of the working process in my studio and a gift card.

The Marketing director who received it was very impressed 🙂

Here you can see some photos(not very good quality) of all the papers and info I did send: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1-6zlSApIKhe0bDPa15C7lCnAS148UOUf

What do you think about it? I wonder if this is not too much…? Your thoughts very much appreciated!

[tzvetomir]

Yes, art is a gift that we have to work with and even learn how to nurture it in the best way as possible. I think this is the same for any profession. Just it is that I have been observing a lot the common person – what one likes, what one buys, how one understands, feels, perceives a work of art. Many people almost don’t see the artwork they are looking at – I mean they look at something and right away they start to compare, to think, to like, dislike etc… so there is nothing I can do about that 🙂 So my job as a working artist is to learn how, where and when I can best show and sell my works. So what I am facing is the reality of the working artists – be creative to make new artworks  and be creative to share, show and sell your works! So as you are pointing out in the intro chapter “No one ever said it will be easy”. I did one similar painting 4 times for one customer. Did I enjoy it – NO! But I needed the money. So if I don’t want it to happen again I have to make it not happen again… work, work, work.