Downsizing opens up oportunities for others

This is an interesting take on downsizing by author Brian Sherwin. Well worth the read. The challenge most artist face is finding "THE MARKET" where we fit and are comfortable in. From my experience, I think it evolves with opportunity and generally sets our market value too. Brian is a constant, who helps artists navigate through the quicksand with wonderful moral support and ideas.

 http://theartedge.faso.com/blog/88234/downsizing-your-art-it-may-pay-to-create-small

It also made me think a bit. Why downsize in the first place? It's a fallback position for anyone including an artist!

Interesting word tho... it has broad meaning when it comes to a persons financial position or age, when point A to B need to be a short straight line. Perhaps all humans find themselves downsizing at some point. I like to think it also means there's another market out there... those on the way up filling those vacant spaces. When my clients downsized, which rarely happened because they most always enjoyed multiple homes, those "other" homes generally fitted particular needs depending on the experience they wanted in their lives. Likewise, square footage revolves around space planning and needs at every economic level. I'm not sure how that equates to art....perhaps affordability or lack of space if you are an avid collector and fill every square inch with art.

As an artist working in the 21st Century, my visual and communication range is global, true of anyone with a computer or I-phone. I'm not sure real-estate trends or even design trends have significant meaning.....unless it's global. What's happening on the East Coast is not the same as the West Coast or Hawaii or for that matter between New York and Miami or London.

Why look at the small picture when it comes to our careers or what we choose to paint and the sizes we'll offer? Somewhere out there is a market either broad or niche that will embrace us.

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