Because I’m running out of space, and I might be moving somewhere with less space eventually, I decided to try and sell some of my old paintings on Etsy.

I put them up a week ago and , needless to say, nothing has sold yet.  However, when I logged in today I saw some interesting things had happened.  Some people had added my pieces to their “treasury” and “favorites.”  I’m assuming the “treasury” is sort of like Etsy’s version of pinterest?

I suppose I should be flattered that anyone likes my work at all, but what I’d really want is to actually sell these things.  I started out pricing them at $25 per square foot (with some exceptions) and then dropping $5 off the end (prices that end in 5s or 9s are more attractive to buyers than 0s).  However, the high cost of shipping is probably going to prevent me from selling too many at that price.  How low should I go?  It may be worth it to practically give away some of these just so I can make space in my home.  I’m reconsidering this whole “I like to work in large format” thing.

In other news, my best friend heard that I had been lax in doing creative things for the past six months, so for my birthday he sent me some inspiration.  In the last week I received a 300 page hi-fructose collection book and another book of one of my favorite painters, Beksinski.

These would also make great coffee table fodder… if I need coffee table books in the future.  Which I might.  More on that possibly as early as tomorrow… but possibly as late as never… depending on how things shake out…