How to Sell Your Art Using a Gallery

Many artists have talent coming out their ears but are weak at marketing their skills. I have sold my arts and crafts in several venues over the years and I am happy to share all I know with other artists. I will start with the most tried and true method.
Use a gallery to sell your art. Normally a gallery will want to see a pretty strong portfolio of work before they will take you on. It shows them your creative abilities and your stamina if your portfolio is strong and has a good number of pieces. Always sandwich weaker pieces between stronger ones. Have the strongest peices be the first and last thing the gallery owner or curator sees.
If you have a digital portfolio you can apply to galleries outside of you area. A digital portfolio is simply photographs of you work that are accessible via the internet. You can create you own blog or online web page to hold some of the images without having much technical ability. This is the best way because you can update the pictures easily and quickly. Another option is simply to put your files on a CD and mail them to the gallery. You can aslo build a more elaborate website with a site building program and publish it to the internet under your own domain name.