Business Cards in Galleries?

[Marvin Mattelson]

Leslie, I haven't had any dealings with galleries outside of those which housed portrait competitions. Business cards were encouraged since the shows were run by portrait societies who were subletting the galleries.

I do have an upcoming show this spring in a gallery that is run by a portrait agent so business cards are not going to handed out by individual artists. This is a first for me so we'll see how it goes. As always, I'm pessimistically optimistic about the outcome.

Anyone who views at a painting by me will see my very legible signature, Mattelson, and if they want to pursue me, they can type my name into google and locate me with no trouble. The uniqueness of my last name is an advantage in this case.

[Leslie Ficcaglia]

Originally Posted by Marvin Mattelson

Anyone who views at a painting by me will see my very legible signature, Mattelson, and if they want to pursue me, they can type my name into google and locate me with no trouble. The uniqueness of my last name is an advantage in this case.

Marvin, Ficcaglia's fairly unique, as well, and it's clearly written on all my paintings. The problem is being able to spell it! I've listed common misspellings in the metatags for my site, but people have to be somewhere in the ballpark with their attempts and at a distance of months that may not happen. I have seen people show up at my site after a Google search for Leslie and portrait paintings, or other creative stabs. You've certainly given me something to think about, though. Thanks to you and Kimberly for your input!