Immortalized by JACC & Limitless Energy
Posted by Jeremy on April 29th, 2008
Last weekend JACC came to visit us during the Art Crawl. By a weird coincidence I was just coming out of the loft as he and his crew were emerging from the elevator - which was a good thing as he thought we lived in a totally different unit then we did and, well, he wouldn’t have seen me.
They stopped, chatted for a bit, drank a Shiner, then asked me 3 questions. Watch the whole awkward thing below - I look goofy, my hair is unkempt and the chair I sat in made my jacket ride up but, meh, it is what it is1
Secondly, I hung my stuff up at the Black Dog Coffee and Wine Bar in downtown St. Paul. The official opening for the show, Limitless Energy, begins on May 2nd - but feel free to stop in anyway. I submitted 3 pieces, and I think 2 of them have already sold. After the luke warm art crawl reception, I was nervous hanging them - but people absolutely loved them and, to be honest, they look quite sharp hanging where we put them.
I was most worried about “On”, which is a fairly experimental piece for me. I was worried that the composition was off, that there wasn’t enough happening on one side. All 3 are below, “On” is the all dark light switch. Hanging in the neutral white of the hallway here it looked out of place, but on the large orange wall of the Black Dog it seems to ‘pop’ and looks pretty good. The biggest worry about the thing was the size. It needs to be a certain size, too big or too small and it would look off. I took a gamble, and went for 20″x30″. Didn’t work so well at the Art Crawl, works well here. Not so sure it will sell, but if it does I’d be happy!
- Visit Side Note: Mishka came home from work exhausted, and immediately donned her robe. I rudely walked JACC and his whole crew in anyway, making her scurry to the bedroom to change. I’m an ass. [↩]
May 2nd, 2008 at 9:12 am
Hey Jeremy congratulations on getting your artwork exhibited.
A couple of questions. How are you pricing your photographs. I have been helping my wife, brother and sister in law in marketing there art. So far it has hung in a couple of Dunn Bros and a gallery in northfield. Generally we sell the original art (oil paintings) for between $50 and $400. Digital Reproductions on stretched canvas between $125-$250 and 13″ X 19″ digital inkjet (giclee) 8 color prints for $39.99
Just wondering what your thoughts are as we are essentially winging it with the pricing. My wife has had some success selling art in MT when we lived there when she had a booth in an art show but no love in the twin cities yet.
Good Luck man.
if you ever want to hang art in uptown at dunn bros I might be able to put you in touch with the right people to talk to.