Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Chicken Lips at The Harvest Festival - SUCCESS!


It's over! Another Harvest Festival has come and gone. Despite the lackluster ecomony, sales for me were exactly what they were last year...so I guess that makes this year a success (?). Attendance seemed a bit down from previous years, but there was a real quality of customers.

Thanks to all my customers and those who just stopped by to say "hi." As an artist, working a show like this helps me to connect to my audience, and gives me that much needed feedback we artists crave. It always makes me happy when people stop by just to say how my art makes them smile! We artists need constant validation - don't we ;)

It's taken a couple months of steady work to build enough merchandise for a show like this. Now that it's done, I don't know what to do with myself! What I really need to do is clean up my studio - I swear it looks like a BOMB went off in there!!!!! I guess I really need to relax and enjoy the Christmas season and give my creative batteries a chance to recharge.

12 comments:

The Texas Woman said...

Until I enlarged the big fellow on the right, I thought the Christmas light was a cigar! Great work for your show. If you ever get to Texas...

Blog contest at my place tomorrow and a chance to win some of my art!

The Texas Woman

Ginny Diezel said...

David, your display looks fantastic, and obviously the work is absolutely out of this world! How fortunate your customers were to get these gems!

Unknown said...

Congrats! Your display and art look amazing!! You look smashing too ;) Have a great day, Jackie

Christopher A. Klingler said...

Congrats & everything looked WONDERFUL!!!

Nice picture of you with your goodies too.

Chris :-)

Janell Berryman Pumpkinseeds folk art said...

AMAZING! They all look so fabulous. I am kinda lik'in that bunny down at the bottom. How cute is he????????? Inspiring as always. Happy Holidays David!

Nat said...

David, thanks for visiting my blog and for your comments. I love your work. The big smiles put a big smile on my face. Your success make me hopeful for my own.

Monkey-Cats Studio said...

Your volume of work and the quality amaze me David!! Glad the show was a success for you and looking at your creations I can't imagine anything but success!! Fantastic!
Laurie

Unknown said...

Oh my goodness...Your work is so wonderful. I am so thrilled you stopped by my lil ol' blog beginning. How wonderful, and unique..made me smile so big. going to continue to explore your site.

Sonia;)

PJHornbergerFolkArtist.com said...

Your booth really shows off your art! Looks great. Yes, David, take a couple of hours off, then get that studio cleaned! Ha! Just kidding. After doing that much work, you better have your feet up. And you are so right, as artist, we NEED that feed back. Meeting those people that love your stuff makes it REAL! ~PJ

FishStikks said...

I really love the way your booth looks and no wonder you sold so many pieces, you have such an amazing style...LOVE it!

{Daydreamer} said...

I absolutely love your creations.
H :)

Johanna Parker said...

Love the humor and expressive faces of your characters.... I'm sure they DO bring smiles to everyone that sees them. That's the best part of making happy-spirited folk art and what fuels me to keep creating. Glad you had a great show! Cheers to that!!!

~ Johanna