19,755 Paintings To Go and Our Special Summer Sunday Night Black Ivory Podcast
If You Already Follow Me on Social Media, and I Follow You,Then You Know We're More Interesting Than That Poser Musk 2026. Oil on paper, 18 x 24"
Yesterday, on our drive back from Boston, I asked Rose what is the most important action I need to take to begin selling my paintings in earnest. She has tried to help before, without success, chiefly because I am lazy with business, and somewhat because I hate business passionately. She told me to create a sales page on my website. No outside links to middlemen like Etsy or eBay. Don’t direct people away from the site to purchase. Also, make the buying process very easy, keeping the works uniform in medium and size, so shipping and handling is efficient.
Good counsel that I never heeded. She repeated it on the car ride, and then added that I should collect emails of people who have bought paintings from me before. Then, after I update the website to include a purchasing page, invite previous buyers to seasonal online exhibitions. Streamline the purchasing process within the show, and promise to have the work in the post by noon the next day. Ask prospective guests to share the link with interested parties.
I talked about the email list with Edgeworth on our special Sunday night podcast. He suggested we have a contest this week to see who can acquire more emails.
I want to win. However, I think it might be creepy pitching for people’s emails, so forget about it. I like you folks too much. You’re already such gracious guests to my posts. Don’t need to get greedy:)
Thank you!
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AFfiMxtEecM
Boxing Off the Horse's Face 2026. Oil on paper, 18 x 24"
I Feel Some Massive Event(s) is Gonna Make Us a One World Rabbit Flag 2026. Oil on paper, 18 x 24"
Probably Since the Advent of YouTube, I Don't Think Live Acrobats Are Interesting to Look at Anymore 2026. Oil on paper, 18 x 24"
Facelift For the Grandchildren 2026. Oil on paper, 18 x 24"
Opera Glasses Losing the Plot 2026. Oil on paper, 18 x 24"
Strontium-90 Chicken Shark 2026. Oil on paper, 18 x 24"
Hope My Daughter Got the Job at the Museum So That I Can Be in It Someday 2026. Oil on paper, 18 x 24"
If I Used My Images to Witness Life a Few Thousand Years Ago, the Tribe Would Kill, Cook, and Eat Me 2026. Oil on paper, 18 x 24"
Portent Cloud 2026. Oil on paper, 18 x 24"
And what you all have been waiting for...
Black Ivory: August 2, 2026
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I suggest that you not forget about those of us who have already expressed interest in purchasing specific paintings of yours.
Never!
You can have any one you like!
Sorry for the late response. I was in South Carolina visiting my Mom. No access to Ecency.
Drove up 15 yesterday on the way home. I know it’s not so close to you, but close enough. You live in beautiful country:)
Then I hope I still have dibs on one that you and Rose collarborated on. I can't remember the title. You said it was your second favorite of the bunch. I want to pay for it!!!
I do live in beautiful country. My village board is imperiling us with their eagerness to take every dime the state will give us, though. That makes me want to move to a more sensible village, as much as I love living in this one. It's even more beautiful in the smaller villages, and they are like little Brigadoons.
Yes you do! And we are honored! I swear I’ll jump at the first opportunity to get hold of a reliable vehicle for delivery.
The more I travel about these later years, I realize I live in a beautiful little town too, if only the culture wasn’t so degrading and dumbed down. Kenneth Patchen wrote that he hates the rich but despises the poor. I feel the same. We are a very poor county who collectively cannot see the absolute wonder all around. We make it ugly, even with all this wealth compared to generations past. Political, tribal, careful, and salmonella in the factory eggs. All this beauty erupting in front of our faces, one would think to pay anything just to keep it. Conserve it. Hold it ready for the next generation. Oh well. Dream on Ron!
She said “Somewhere there’s a faraway place
Where all is ordered, and all is grace
No one there is ever disgraced
and everybody there is wise
and everyone has taste”
—Lou Reed
Beautiful tune. I might have to learn it.
What are the dimensions? It might fit in my car. I remember 5' by 5'.
I'm currently very frustrated with my village administration because they think grant money from the state is manna from heaven and they apply for grants willy nilly. Each grant comes with onerous administrative duties, such as annual reporting of information that, I think, should stay in our hands only. I don't mind the ramshackle homes, as long as the folks living in them are kind, and most of them are. At this point, it is very easy to live here. If you want erudite, you gotta make it for yourself, which is fine, too. We have a fabulous arts center, and lots of artists live in these hills, not only a few as hermits. Only one gallery, with very reasonable prices (not free) and local-only pieces. My only complaint is the food, and the food is deplorable. This is a food desert.
I lived in the woods for a few years. Just loved it. Built a hut called “Lazybones” to paint.
Your complaint is mine as well. My problem is I learned to cook long ago, loved to cook for many years, and still cook for joy and health. It is very difficult for me to pay four times the food cost of any dinner I could make myself. I always love to be surprised. I’m just never surprised in Oswego. Chefdom is dead here.
The painting is exactly 64 x 64"
P.S. What instrument(s) do you play?