The Art Flea Market

What is art worth to you? Another way of asking this question: What would you pay for an original work of art?

Pricing one’s own art work is a personal process. It can be an exhaustive exercise where self-worth comes in to play over and over again. One has to consider subjective factors such as size, medium, whether or not the piece is framed. Objective factors such as skill and experience, personal connection to the piece and understanding your market weigh into the process.

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Clarity

Building a website is a massive job for one who knows so little about how websites are designed. Creating an attractive website requires a good deal of behind-the-scenes effort. Even with the oh-so-helpful DIY website-building companies, there is still so much to think about: aesthetics; functionality; primary purpose; short-term and long-term goals; balancing "wants" with technical obstacles.

All of this and more guided me in creating a new website for Birchtree Studio, and forced me to dig deep to envision what this business could be.

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Written Observations of Our Natural World