January 27, 2021

This is probably boring to anyone who is reading this, but I finally figured out for myself how I am going to manage two art websites since I don't want to get rid of either one.  I guess I am stubborn.

I am going to use my original website (richardbaronfinearts.com) as a place that people can see my non-digital work (original and encaustics and any site that is not primarily digital in origin).  I am going to use the Artspan website as the place for people to buy prints of my digital and original work.

I spent all morning trying to match the pricing on both sites so that they are consistent.  I am going to remove eventually all my digital artwork from my original site.  I lowered all the prices by using $100 for a 13x19 print and calculating 70% of that for the various sizes.  I have struggled for weeks how to figure this out and I feel good about it.  I want to give the buyer a fair price for a print yet give myself a fair price for my work.  Now I will fix both websites until my work has been completed to my satisfaction.

Richard Baron

 January 21, 2021

Edited my website a bit.  I am still trying to figure out how to keep the original Richard Baron Fine Arts website with the new Artspan website.  I did add a domain to the Artspan website: RKBaronFineArts and kept the richardbaronfinearts@gmail.com email address.

The other issue that I am trying to figure out is whether to keep the www.fineartamerica.com website for allowing people to put one of my images on such things as cups and towels, etc etc etc. Then I have to make sure my prices on my digital prints are similar to those on artspan.

I probably shouldn't bore anyone with these details but these are real issues for me.

This is really hard for me, trying to sell my work online as well as locally.

Richard Baron

 January 9, 2021

I am in the process of starting an art business in order to show and sell my artwork. Most of the work I am doing is creating digital paintings to create each piece. I am enamored by the endless possibilities of media and digital media to create artwork and love working with digital media.

The issues that I am dealing with involve how people look at my work in terms of being serious and valuable artwork as well as how to price the work when considering buying a Richard Baron art piece. Because the work can be reproduced each piece is not unique but the image I create is authentic. 

I don't want to sell my work as just a print. But, at the same time, I can't sell my work the same way I would sell a piece created uniquely with oils or acrylics or whatever medium.  One of the advantages of selling one of my works in the tradition of a print is that I can create multiple copies at different sizes. I sell these using pigment inks on professional or museum-quality papers or canvas.

I am basing my price on a 13"x19" digital work at $110.00.  I am using artspan.com to sell my work and they offer several different sizes, frames, etc. I am basing my price on the fact that I consider my pieces original digital paintings.

So, I guess I will have to see if my prices actually work or not. 

Richard Baron

December 12, 2020

Continuing on with updating my new website. Tested out sending my blog to FB, added an Encaustic gallery with 3 images. I am thinking about offering to do commissions on creating an encaustic collage for people who want to put groups of photos together on a wall piece that is meaningful to them.  That is in the future.

Adding images to Artspan is taking time so this website will be in progress for a long time. Oh well!

Rich

 December 10, 2020

A New Art Website: ART BY RICHARD BARON

I am changing my website from Richard Baron Fine Arts to ART BY RICHARD BARON.  This website is simpler in terms of content as well as to navigate. Likewise, my art is much easier to buy directly from me for originals as well as prints for my digital work.

Today, I transferred over from my old website blog to my new website. Not a lot of entries so it was easy to do. 

My next task is to upload many more images and to add some images to the Artspan Market. 

I am excited about this, though I feel sad that my old website didn't work out as well as I had hoped. Much of the problem is that I didn't know how to market my work in a beneficial manner. 

So, look for future blog posts concerning my art and myself as a working artist.

Thank You.

Richard Baron

 October 15, 2020

It has been a long time since I have posted.  The world has really changed, especially in the past year.  We are faced with continually larger wildfires, a pandemic that is ravaging our country, and a very controversial president and government with a population that has become extremely divided.

Since my GIS career has been taking a downturn in terms of work, I am turning my attention back to my art-work. Maybe, this is the time to really dedicate me to my art and getting it out into the world.  I have a show at a local coffee house (Beatniks) in Chico and this is when I am launching this new direction for myself.

 March 29, 2017

Encaustics and Digital Media Art Works

I have started to work again with Encaustics, but differently than when I was younger.  I am incorporating into my work or using as my focus, digital art, or digital photos that are personal, biographical references besides working with pure abstract images.  I have been working small on birch wood plywood as my substrate.  These are original artworks that stand alone and are for sale individually.