Tongue And Cheeks!

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Colorful Pop Art Mastiff Dog with a tongue you cannot ignore. 🙂

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D.O.G. Days Of Summer…

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It’s that time of year again.  Around the second week of July I start to get frantic emails from other artists asking me why the sales have all dried up. Some are so afraid of the lack of traffic and sales that they fear that the online art market has crashed.  These emails come from people who are relatively new to selling their work on the Internet.  Relax.  This is normal. Sure I am still making regular sales, but only at a fraction of what I earn most of the time.  This part of the year it always slows down to a crawl.

Why?  It’s Summertime!!  And folks who have been trapped inside all Winter are finally able to get outside and enjoy sunshine and green grass.  Families go on vacation, prepare older kids for college, go to family reunions and travel a lot in general.  It is not a time for decorating your home or office.  There is plenty of time for that when you are stuck inside 9 months out of the year.  Those in academics do not get paid over the Summer which is something I always factor in since I married a professor.

So what can you do?  I find that this time of year is a great time to do some traveling myself.  I plan trips to visit family and old friends every year.  My husband and I head to the beach as much as possible since it is not crowded and prices are super low.  Studio cleaning is always on the agenda as I love the freshness of organization come busy season.  You can also enjoy the freedom to create artwork that is fun and free from thoughts of marketability.  I have been stocking my stores with new items in preparation for the Fall rush.  It is a lot of work that has no reward at the moment, but I expect it to pay off later.

Join a new site.  Learn a new Social Media avenue.  Take a photography class. Forget about sales for awhile. They will come back.  They always do.  For now just enjoy this doggone Summer!

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A Dog’s Life

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This is Toby…our naughty dog.  He is the sweetest boy you could imagine with lots of kisses and snuggles.  But when you aren’t looking he will have some fun. 🙂  I love dogs and have always had them in my life.  I cannot imagine living in a home without them. Perhaps that is what hell is like…no dogs.  We recently got a new girl….a rescued Mastiff. We sort of swore off the large breeds because their life expectancy is so low, but caved when we realized how empty our home is without one.  The big dogs are special and laying across their warm bodies and receiving love is like no other feeling.

Here is where my pack spends a lot of their time.  Throughout the day when I take breaks I lay around with them on their beds for petting and kisses.  They say it is healthy and lowers blood pressure.  I say it just keeps me sane. 🙂

 

You can see my dog art here:

http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/1-sharon-cummings.html?tab=artworkgalleries&artworkgalleryid=225965