Finding a Niche – Your Painting Style

"Boldly Exclaiming"

original acrylic modern landscape painting
8×10
$68 in My Yessy Store

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Style, this is a broader term than you might imagine. Find a niche. I’m sure you have heard this term. They are one and the same. It does you no good to have a style that nobody wants. You can approach this in two different ways. As a beginning artist you have 2 choices. Either you paint whatever you want and then try to find a market for it. Or you experiment with different things, until you find something that starts to sell,then you run with it. This depends a lot on the skill level that you have. Are you a trained artist, or are you self taught? If you are a trained artist and have a body of work, maybe you can approach some Galleries right off the bat. If you are self taught, maybe not yet. The internet is a good place to experiment with selling your art. Juried art shows are also a good place to start, I will talk about art show at a later date.

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Remember the term, finding your niche. You wouldn’t need to find your niche, if what you are already doing is your niche, now would you! I think experimenting with different styles of art is the way to go. Maybe you experiment with impressionist knife paintings, and find you have a knack for it. You will never discover that if you never try it. You may find that you really like a style that you didn’t think you would like. You may find a style in the process that is uniquely you.

How to find your painting style

"Mighty Sunset"

original impressionist acrylic sunset painting

12 x 36 on Canvas

$175

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This is my first Post. A bad tme to start a blog, as my show season is starting to come around and it can get very chaotic, but here goes.

Twenty years ago when I was young at art, I showed a friend some of my new paintings. His response was,they are really nice, but why would I want them. If there isn’t something different about your work why will someone pick your work over someone elses. If you don’t even know what that means, then you won’t know how to get there. It took me a while to figure it out. I think about this as I paint every single painting. You should too!