How to help you and the Peace Prevails Project too.

Catherine Foster
HOW TO EARN MONEY SELLING MY ART GUIDELINES:
by Catherine Foster on 2/2/2009 10:29:53 AMHow to earn income selling my artwork and helping yourself , others and charities.


Peace Weavings
HOW TO EARN MONEY SELLING MY ART GUIDELINES:

Hello Family and Friends,

I’m always looking for new ways to market my art or at least thinking of new ways. Art marketing can be expensive and time intensive. Artists can market their art through sites like Imagekind, email lists, social media sites, a blog, a web site, gallery shows, etc.
Since my artwork and designs help to support 4 different individuals/groups, I am always looking for more ways to help them also.

So where do artists find buyers? As Clint Watson once said, “A collector is anyone that purchases your art, whether it’s your mailman or the president of a corporation.”

How I Market My Art

I’m also working on combining my website gallery into my new blog, checking out Twitter and FriendFeed to see what that can do for marketing from a Web 2.0 social kind of thing.

So after looking at how professional bloggers promote products by affiliation on their blog, I decided to add an art affiliate program on my blog. This is the current state of the program and with time I will tweak it to see what works best.

Here’s how it works:

1. I post selected paintings of my work on my blog to sell.
2. You sell my art for me and make a commission.
A. For artwork priced between $2,000 to $6,000 you will receive 10%
B. For artwork priced between $1,000 to $1999.00 you will receive 15%
C. For artwork priced between $100-999.00 you will receive 20%

Note: There will be times where I’ll lose my mind and increase the %, so make sure you subscribe at
http://catherine-foster.com/blog



Be sure to click the little orange box to sign up to follow my blog so you don’t miss a chance to make some good cha-cha-change - $$. I will post images of artwork and prices on a regular basis.
How to stay connected with new artwork posted- click the RSS feed.

Here’s how to sell my art:

1. Place an image of my art on your blog or website. Write a blog post about it if you like or just tell people to email you if they are interested in buying one of my paintings.
You can also show people my website with images. Just be sure they do not purchase from this site for I will not know if it came from you or not, but it will be a great place to show current artwork available. http://catherine-foster.com/works

2. Tell people to contact you by email, phone, etc. However you want the buyer to contact you.

Here’s how someone buys my art through you:

1. If you have a committed buyer, I send you a PayPal link that you have your buyer go to and purchase a specific piece of my art.
2. As soon as the payment is cleared at PayPal, you provide me the address of the buyer and I’ll send the art to the buyer.
3. You tell me where and how you want your commission sent to you. All payouts will come from PayPal only.
4. After the 7-day “no questions asked” return policy has expired, your affiliate payout will be sent.

Shipping

I will pay shipping costs on pieces of artwork. I will ship all art in a box that is closest to the size of the art. It will be bubble wrapped and packing peanuts will be used if necessary. Shipping will include insurance on the larger artworks.

Where shipping costs become excessive, alternate shipping plans can be discussed. The large kimonos require a wood box to be created. There will have to be an extra charge to make these boxes.

How refunds will work:

1. If the art is returned during the 7-day “no questions asked” time period, it must be returned in the condition it was in the photograph.
2. Shipping costs on returned art will include insurance and be paid by the buyer.
3. A full refund will be sent out from my PayPal account to the buyer.

The affiliate program is open to anyone, individuals, organizations, galleries, etc. You promote my art on your blog, website or anywhere by copying an image of the art provided on my blog. PayPal is a trusted source for financial transactions.

If you have any questions please send me an email at http://catherine-foster.com/contact and use this contact form to send me an email.
“ I know that within my heart and soul that peace prevails and is spoken in many languages”

Catherine Foster
Weaving Peace Through Art


This months special for win-win and Peace Prevails Project. 
by Catherine Foster on 2/26/2009 9:39:15 PM


Rainbow of Peace sell them separately or as a group:

http://www.catherine-foster.com

Find out how you can help earn income for yourself and/or your favorite charity by first reading the instructions at: http://catherine-foster.com/blog/8334

This months specials are the Peace Prevails Weavings in rainbow colors. Purchase one or all the colors. They are great to place near your front or back door as a reminder to be the peace you want to experience in the world. "Peace Starts with Me" is a favorite mantra of mine.


Each weaving is 11"x11" embossed with world languages of peace. Individually each piece sells for $135.00. You will receive 20% of any purchases that come through you of the Peace Weavings when you sell the artwork to family and friends. You can give your 20 % to a charity or keep it for yourself.

I give a percentage of my profits to my favorite charities: Treehouse For Kids, The Power of Hope and Seniors Making Art. You will also be helping me do more of this wonderful giving. I think it is a win-win for everyone.

Have questions? email me, Catherine by going to the contact link on my website http://www.catherine-foster.com
Be sure to print out the directions at http://catherine-foster.com/blog/8334

Do you want to earn 10% of the price of a kimono? Take a look at my artwork to check and see what is available in the Catherine Foster Art Studio. Be sure to check that it is still for sale before talking to your friends and family.

Thank you for your support. The Peace Prevails Project is something that I have been working on for over 6 years and has my heart and soul in every piece combining my passion for art and healing to serve in the world.

Catherine Foster
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What does the weather do to your creativity?

Here in WA we have had an unusual amount of snow, wind and rain. Do you find that this weather changes how you create? Do you even want to create or do you want to just curl up and read or take naps?

I find that the snow outside creates a peaceful place for me to work. It is colder up in the studio, but if I just put more layers on I am fine. The quiet if a place of rest. I find that I can clear my head better.

Usually the month of January is a very productive month. So bring on this next storm. As long as I have light, I can paint. And then in the afternoon take a nice nap and let the intuition ring in with new ideas.

Here’s to a brand new year and brand new energy for all of us!
Catherine

Grateful for all the help on the Peace Project

First of all I wish to thank Cheryl Shaw , the owner of C Art Gallery in Seattle for her belief in my Peace Project and her enthusiasm for this show. I am so very grateful for this opportunity to show the biggest collection of the Peace Project in the gallery.

There is no way that I could finish this collection of the Peace Project by myself. I am so very very grateful for all the people who have been helping me get ready to show by the middle of November.

One of the most important people in my life is my husband Fred. Without his help, I could not do this artwork. He is my adviser, my engineer, hard worker, wood cutter, framer, does all the cooking, helps with the dishes and laundry, helps to deliver the artwork and is always there for me. When I just can not figure out how to improve the artwork or how to get something to work, he is always there to figure it out. I am so very grateful to you Fred for your love, help and belief in me as an artist over many many years.

Our daughter Janelle and her wonderful husband Alex both are so supportive and always have a helping hand. Janelle is helping me weave the clothing for "Gloria" and also for the kimonos, tapestries and other artworks. Alex is helping to create the all the support bases for the free standing sculptures in the show. I love and appreciate you both so much. Thank you.

The other picture is of Jessica, my wonderful assistant helping to bring "Gloria" in from outside after I sprayed "Gloria" Gold. Jessica is my right hand person and has been so valuable in helping me in the studio. Thank You Jessica. You will be missed when you move back to Oregon next month.

Then two very enthusiastic and great people who I do not have pictures of yet, are Tory and Nick Felkey. Nick has been doing the photography for my finished artwork. Tory is helping me with graphics. She created the postcard invitation. Both Tory and Nick are creating a video of the story of "Gloria" and how she became the "Peace Maiden/Warrior. Come back soon to see the first clips. You can connect with Nick and Tory at http://www.nickfelkey.com/ for their help with photography, graphics, web pages and videos.

In addition, I would like to thank Faith Rivera and her husband Nolan for their support. The music of Faith will be used in the video of "Gloria". Please listen to Faith's beautiful voice and hear her songs of Peace at: http://www.faithrivera.com/.

Thank you so much to all my family and friends who have been encouraging me on all these many years, purchasing my artwork and celebrating with me at many art shows. I am grateful for your faith in my ability, love and support.

And then there is YOU. Thank you also for coming back to my blog to see and hear the story of how "Gloria" was created and how the Peace Project is coming along. You will see the complete installation beginning on Nov. 18th through Dec. 28th with the opening on Dec. 4th, 2008. Click here for your invitation to the show: http://wishupeace.blogspot.com/2008/10/we-invite-you-to-attend-catherine.html