Monday, August 21, 2006

Successful Location


My new location at the Kona Inn Shopping Village is working out well. I've been down there day and night since the first of the month and finally have a good idea what days, nights and hours are best. I can tell you from experience - being there all day into the night is a good way to burn yourself out, so I have to choose carefully my working hours so I can avoid burn-out.

The up side is that I've completed several paintings really fast compared to what I had been doing in the past. I finished the 24x48 seascape, a 22x30 Lavender Cattleya Trio and a 24x36 Bird of Paradise flower. Today I start a new painting.


It may take a long time for everyone to discover that I've moved and where I've moved too, but I think it will be worth it in the long run. So far, it has helped my gallery sales at the Pacific Fine Art Gallery by being close by. I send people down to view my work there all of the time.

Tonight I will be in Kawaihae again painting in front of the Harbor Gallery. Last week they told me that they sold my painting titled "Puako Breeze", which is great news. :)

Thank you for visiting me here online and viewing my works of art.

Aloha!

Friday, August 04, 2006

New Location


Life has been a whirlwind since my last post, too many things hitting me at once from too many directions. But, as always, I keep pushing forward and do the best I can. In the middle of chaos, in a effort to make changes for the better, I rented a Kiosk at the Kona Inn Shopping Village in Kailua Kona. It's a gamble, but it is a better location and hopefully it will pay off in the end.

This of course is why I haven't been working in my studio at home for the last few weeks, and because I have to keep regular hours there, I most likely won't be in my studio at home for awhile - so much for my studio cam.

The kiosk is next to the glass blower, so if you are familiar with Kona and have seen Justin blow glass, you can now find me right next to him. My hours this week are 9:00am to 9:00pm. I most likely will be only working evenings from 5:00pm to 9:00pm, and when the cruise ships are in town I will be there from 9:00am to 9:00pm. But first I have to study traffic flow and decide what times are best to be there.

Aloha!