Persistence pays off perhaps. I now have 5 doctors practices; 4 of which I am the sole artist. I applied to an advertisement on Facebook 18 months ago, was interviewed and accepted to exhibit along with several other artists at Rosny Doctors. I sold some work here but a few of the other artist dropped out and I was tempted to withdraw too but keep going.
This lead to being asked to set up in City Doctors, then six months later at Huonville, then Sandy bay and most recently Sorell Doct. Being the only artist allows more control and ability to better curate a body of work around a theme.
Changing the exhibitions in each practice every two months and rotating around locations feels right and keeps a freshness. I try to be as professional as I can with labels, flyers, business cards etc.
It is a juggling act. I have seven sets of work to rotate and add to. I also have to prepare work for other community exhibitions that I like to support and to maintain a local profile.
My focus for the past year has been building my online profile with my web page linked to the online gallery Bluethumb.
