Show it, sell it, or give it away

I just spent my morning labeling and packing up over 100 pieces of art -- both photos and paintings -- (and all marked WAY down) for my gallery's annual Almost Perfect Sale, which opens tomorrow and runs through Sunday.  Now I just have to load them all into the car...

This is the biggest piece of the set; it's printed on metal and was originally at $650; it was juried in to the 25th annual Women's Works Show of the Northwest Area Arts Council but has never been shown on the island; I'll be curious to see if it sells.

I've been particularly ruthless this year in cutting prices: something in me feels I'm coming to the end of an era, and it's time to sell off my inventory and move on.  But I suspect it's really a reaction to having spent so much time sorting through my mother-in-law's art last week.  It was so time-consuming, and so much of it should have been tossed YEARS ago.  I just don't think there's any point keeping art in cupboards and closets.  If you can't -- or don't want to -- find room for it on your walls, you should probably sell it or give it away...