Artists - advice re Open Studios - what sells?

[Susanna Omynona]

3or 4 of us are planning to take part in the Dulwich Open Studios this coming May (1st weekend only) and would really appreciate and feedback from other local artists who have taken part in open studios in /around Dulwich the past. We have quite a wide range of styles between us ranging from quite small, graphic still lives through to large abstract paintings and photography.

It would be great to hear what sort of themes and sizes of art works are most popular - and price ranges?

[Minitoots]

We showed music photography a couple of years ago and had a lot of visitors and several quite high priced sales.

Prints were limited and around A3 in size, framed.

It helped that we had a website listed in the booklet so people could see what was going to be on show. We also publicised it via social media prior to the weekends when it was open. We always made time to chat to anyone who wanted to find out more but did not pester people who just wanted to browse. I'm always surprised by how many artists/hosts do not seem to show any interest in their visitors and continue chatting to their friends!

Hope that helps and that you also get some replies from painters, as it sounds like that is what you specialise in.