In the aftermath of my enjoyable and energizing Open Studio weekend, I won’t do the math! I did make quite a few sales: all small works or photo books; no larger sales. It is very encouraging when people want my work enough to take it home with them. We all love to have our work appreciated, even loved! And the engagement with visitors was really rewarding. But it is so good that I am NOT making art for the money; in the aftermath let there be no math…

Of course I have counted the money! And it does pay for the party and for some art materials. So that is excellent. However in no way would my sales over the years begin to cover my full materials costs, let alone pay anything for my working time

Five copies of The Surprisingly Artistic Potholes of Port Townsend Volume I sold slightly above cost, but that was only because the printing errors resulted in getting a free set on my last order from VistaPrint. And both sets came with the same annoying printing error for the cover, although all the photo pages are fine.

Here my studio is ready for visitors, with artworks dragged out of storage, and propped up everywhere:

And the good news is that in the aftermath the studio is still much cleaner than usual!