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My review of 2018 (part 1)

Emma Cownie's 2018 paintings

Life as an artist is a very insecure one, you never know where your next sale is going to come from. You can plan and prepare for exhibitions and work on your social media, but it’s impossible to know how many people will see and respond to them.

That’s why it’s really important to take stock, and celebrate the success you have achieved and thank all the supporters and collectors who have helped you over the year; whether it’s a positive comment on a blog post, a “like” on facebook or an instagram post, the sale of a mounted print, a greeting card, a commission or the sale of a painting. They all help keep me going! You may not believe it, but artists have fragile egos (this one has, anyway) and they need encouragement, especially if they venture off into new directions, as I so often do.

Here’s a review of some of my sales of paintings and mounted prints from the first part of 2018. Many were sold via the online gallery Artfinder but increasing I have sold direct via my own website. Each painting is a unique work. I don’t paint generic people or landscapes. They are all real people and locations. In April’s collection you can see many of the Gower painting I did as part of the Gower Coastal Path Project. Bloggers’ comments and encouragement really helped me complete that project. Thank you, all.

Paintings by Emma Cownie
January Sales 2018
Paintings by Emma Cownie
February Sales 2018

Paintings by Emma Cownie

March Sales 2018

Paintings by Emma Cownie

April Sales 2018

My next post will  complete the review. Thank you to the brilliant people who have supported me and bought my work this year, I couldn’t do it without you!

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Most Popular, Followed and Selling Painter on Artfinder!

 

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Snowy Sugar Loaf (SOLD)

I am delighted to be the Most Popular Painter on Artfinder! https://www.artfinder.com/artists/painters/

I was also a Top 3 Landscape Artist too (although the top landscape painter)! https://www.artfinder.com/artists/landscape-artists/

It is great to finally have this recognition from Artfinder as a top selling, most followed and popular artist over more than a 3 year period. I have argued for a couple of years that Artfinder should  have a two tier system that differentiates between those established, best selling artists and new artists joining Artfinder so that the searching and selecting of art is easier rather than choosing from an  ever-changing amorphous mass of thousands of pieces of art. They seem to have responded to this need with these lists of popular artists which is positive development; positive for artists, collectors and Artfinder alike.

Before it was easy to “disappear” on Artfinder, now artlovers visiting the website can clearly see, and differentiate between, most popular artists as well as new, up and coming artists.

So well done on that Artfinder!

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