Sales and Marketing Archives - Peony and Parakeet https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/category/growing-as-artist/sales-and-marketing/ Fly to Your Inner World and Color the Emotion Thu, 06 Jun 2024 13:16:07 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/cropped-site_icon3-32x32.jpg Sales and Marketing Archives - Peony and Parakeet https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/category/growing-as-artist/sales-and-marketing/ 32 32 Selling Watercolor Paintings as Gifts https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/selling-watercolor-paintings-as-gifts/ https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/selling-watercolor-paintings-as-gifts/#comments Thu, 06 Jun 2024 13:14:22 +0000 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=27494 This week, I talk about making and selling watercolor paintings as gifts. At the same time, we celebrate the playfulness of watercolors. I love gift shops. My dream for a long time has been that, in addition to large oil paintings, I could sell smaller pieces as gifts. Recently, this has come true. I have […]

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]]> https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/selling-watercolor-paintings-as-gifts/feed/ 2 Birth of the Attic Paintings https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/birth-of-the-attic-paintings/ https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/birth-of-the-attic-paintings/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2023 14:35:21 +0000 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=24974 What stories define you as an artist, and how could they inspire you to move forward? “Satumaa” is a Finnish word that’s something like “fairytale land.” This painting is only 15 x 15 cm! I call these miniature pieces attic paintings. Here’s the story behind them. Päivi’s Attic When I was a child, I dreamed […]

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]]> https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/birth-of-the-attic-paintings/feed/ 8 Preparing for Sales Events https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/preparing-for-sales-events/ https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/preparing-for-sales-events/#comments Fri, 11 Nov 2022 13:56:54 +0000 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=24352 This week’s post is about something that I have been doing lately: preparing for sales events! I participate in four events: For me, this is a lot! Fortunately, I have had time to prepare. For example, I got the deadline for the suggestions for the curated group show on Sept 1st. I was then able […]

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]]> https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/electrical-life-of-any-artist/feed/ 14 Painting the Best Work for the Show https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/painting-the-best-work-for-the-show/ https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/painting-the-best-work-for-the-show/#comments Thu, 12 May 2022 12:29:06 +0000 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=23527 This week, I present the main artwork for my solo show in June and talk about the pressure of painting the best work. This oil painting, “Juhlat Neptunuksessa – Jubilee in Neptune,” is a part of my series Linnunrata – Milky Way, where I explore planets and outer space. (See previous work: Pluto here, the Earth […]

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]]> https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/passionate-level/feed/ 2 Artist Statement, Portfolio, Prints – Presenting a New Website for My Art! https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/new-website/ https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/new-website/#comments Wed, 28 Feb 2018 18:45:35 +0000 http://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=12253 I have a new website for my art! It has an online shop filled with originals and prints, a portfolio, pictures of the paintings in progress, and my story. Go to paivieerola.com! This Peony and Parakeet site will also continue, as well as blogging, classes, etc. but I wanted to have a better presentation of myself […]

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