My Only In-Person Events... For Now

Before realizing I could get more eyes on my work online, I did a few in-person festivals at the beginning of my art career.

Let me tell you…

I gained a new respect for festival vendors in the “trenches”.

I had my fair share of low sales AND a torrential downpour storm that wiped all my paintings off my display panels.

But,

I met some of the most interesting characters selling their handmade goods and talked to collectors who came into my life just by chance of them walking by.

I come from a family of artisans of a different craft. My parents had a frame business where they would custom make and distress picture frames.

Dad would build them, Mom would paint and distress them.

We traveled countless times when I was a kid to all the biggest art festivals around the US. I learned my first business lessons by helping them with their small business.

As I am still in the early stages of my career, I look forward to growing this community and sharing my journey with y’all. Maybe I’ll even set up some new in-person exhibitions in the near future.

See you next Friday,

Sam Ryan