The Road Trip and Art

After 38 hours on the road...I am happy to be back home. It was fun; but it wasn't smooth sailing. Let's put it this way; I never expected to be riding in the back seat of a tow truck for nearly 200 miles in southern Georgia on a Saturday evening. YUP! That was my night.... my sweet little mom and I ended up there after her car decided to never start again, no matter what was done to it. We were blessed that when this happened, it was mid afternoon and we were in a pretty safe place in Ashton GA. Granted no garages were opened, but we had good samaritans offer to help.

We finally arrived at our destination about 1AM Sunday. The next day I woke up to the voice of my 6 year old neice saying "Aunt Jeanee, are you ready to get up, so we can do arts and crafts?" Naturally, my love for the arts is known far and wide among all the children in my universe. I got up and went for coffee and reported the story to her Mom. Apparently, my neice had been looking forward to my visit all week, telling everyone she would get to do art with her Aunt Jeanee, because she is a "real artist". LOL~!

~Keep your brushes wet...
Yours Truly;
Jean Bourque

Painting by Jean Bourque "It's All Connected!" in acrylic

Selling Art on Ebay and The Love Series

Love Series by Jean Bourque

Prints to be released soon!

At Seven Oaks Art League this past week we had Rachel Parker talk with us about Selling Art on Ebay. She mostly sells prints on Ebay but on occasion does sell originals. She spends about 10 hours a week on ebay including her painting time and sells 3-4 prints a week. She sells several originals a month and also gets commissions through her ebay store. She sells her works unframed (usually) and they can be mailed in a priority envelope unless they are large and then she would use a poster tube. She recommends using PayPal as the preferred method of payment on Ebay. There is a live link for PayPal to the right, here. She links it all to her main website and blog.

Listening to Rachel really got me motivated to get back on ebay. After all I am certified by Ebay and have helped other people set up their ebay accounts and taught them how to use it. For me, it's just a matter of doing it. I have been hearing a lot of positive feedback on my Love Series of art from the Talent Database and local friends too. Perhaps it's time to test the waters....with an entirely different art product and marketed in a totally different way.

Don't mind me, I am just thinking as I am writing....it's open to feedback and comments...

The love series...because love never goes out of style and it's almost valentine's day!

Yours Truly,

Jean Bourque