As part of the Oxford Art Weeks I was invited to exhibit some of my woodland drawings at the newly built Woodland Centre based in Little Wittenham, Oxford.
I had the drawings printed at UAL and had them mounted and framed in a variety of sizes. I liked the idea of the drawings to be displayed in more of a cluster, so as to look like they were part of a wall you might find in someone’s home.
I am also hoping to sell my prints so I had to create a pricing map and order form so people could order as many prints as they wanted framed or unframed.
I find it a very difficult task to price my work. Several people over the course of the exhibit had remarked that they seemed underpriced. So I am planning on trying a set of different prices out and see what sells after that.
In the future I would like to hire someone to price and frame up my works for me as I find it quite stressful!
I preferred not to give the drawing titles as I felt it was self explanatory what the drawing were of. Instead I wrote a little bit of information about the series –
‘In The Woods’ is a series of drawings based on a walk through a woodland.
It is always a good experience for me to take part in shows like this. Through them I quickly gain a great deal of insight into the amount of preparation that goes into putting a set of work together, framing, making labels, meeting with curators/organisers – does take a lot of time and finesse to get it down to an art.