TIS THE SEASON TO BE JOLLY

 TIS THE SEASON TO BE JOLLY!

Here are a couple of plein air paintings of Sackets Harbor NY. Both were completed during the Arts Association of Northern NY (AANNY) Plein Air Derby held the third weekend of July. The top one was painted in  2010 and the bottom  in.2012. I just was notified of a new print sale of the top one on my website at FINE ART AMERICA (FAA). The buyer was from Marcellus NY. Back in July someone from Fort Drum NY also purchased a print of the top one. I remember receiving a notice from FAA that the high resolution photo I had posted was blurry at the print size requested. I had cheated and not used a tripod when photographing it so I had to quickly contact the person who had purchased the original to borrow it for a day to rephotograph it. Lucky they lived only a few miles away.

The lower painting had a print purchased earlier by a buyer from San Carlos CA. WHY SO JOLLY?  The day before, I opened my email and had a notice of a print sale from FAA (painting not shown) and right below it an email via FAA  "contact the artist" by a Boston MA resident  asking about the availability of an original painting from my YOGA SERIES. Seems his mom just got her certification as a Yoga instructor and it was a gift for her. FAA does not sell originals so interested patrons can contact you directly. The point of all this is not bragging but showing the advantage of the internet and  as encouragement to other artists to invest the time to learn how to photo your paintings, edit them, and post them where they can be seen. Fine Art America recently purchased PIXELS.COM which allows viewers from 165 countries  to view and purchase prints of your paintings. Also to speed up the purchase of originals and prevent scams or bad checks, I handled the sale of the original via Pay Pal. With Pay Pay you create an invoice email on their site and send to the buyer. The buyer gets the email and can input their credit card information.  From receipt of the patron  email. to contacting the patron via email with shipping cost and payment method, and shipping the painting once Pay Pal emailed that payment was received-two days.