I like your comment about the exploding corset. This and other comments suggest to me that there could be some provocative paintings coming out of your studio one day, distinct from the mother and child theme.

This picture is shown at hannekevanoosterhout.nl.

I just woke up from a nap too.

Re: Barter. A lot of artists like to do that, but what Hanneke suggests is totally cool. I’d love to sell her work. This could grow into something for her. I’d consider getting her known out here a privilege and an honor. There’s a hotel nearby where I’m friends with the owners. Already the wheels are turning…

Re: Prices. None of the work I have up is for sale. I just put it up so people would stop bugging me with “I’d like to see some of your work,” but I haven’t even linked it to my blog. It’s all sold work, or in the case of the Kurt Cobain stuff, I can’t sell it because it’s derivative work, and the photogs or agencies just continue to ignore my requests for a copyright deal, “Crashed” sold for 400. but usually my drawings sell for between 100 and 200. Since I can do at least four a day at least four days a week, it works out. I’ve also sold ‘em for as cheap as 40 when I was breaking into a new market and I was hungry for sales.

But speaking of that, People will happily pay 25 for a print then balk at 125 for an original. Rather than fight that idiocy of perceived value, I decided to profit from it. I’m going after the print market now. That means acumulating a body of work and advertising in national or regional magazines.

But speaking of prices, what does Hanneke want?

I always recommend that artists keep their prices down to move the art. Better to sell cheap than to not sell. That’s how we become known. The payoff is in the future, and good prices are one of the benefits of being an early collector, so I’m able to add that as a promotional mechanism to get buyers to spread the word, but Hanneke already has collectors, so we can’t undercut established traditions. It’s like underselling stock. It’ll bring the rest of the stock down, and that betrays ones collectors.

So what kind of money are we talking about?

Also how large are the pieces? I know they are small, but how big exactly? I like to put smaller pieces in mats with larger frames, but I’d take care of that end of the deal.

I just looked at your drawing page. I like your work a lot. But where are the prices?

-Karl

Hanneke said, “What do we do with Angela, she wants all the romantic details of my life.” Angela, Hanneke’s story is romantic, at least I think so. I’m working on writing it down. I’ve have something for next Monday.