October 12, 2009 Cleveland, Ohio - I will be harshly editing the number of DOUGLAS Art Prints® available between now and January 1, 2010. Where I once wanted to offer as many different pieces to people of different taste, well now I don't.
Anyone that knows my work knows I strongly prefer bold black and white. In an effort to appeal to a wider audience I produced some color prints, often variations of my original black and white prints. Some of them I even kind of liked. Two things have become obvious. First, all of my prints sold have been my black and whites. The other thing is, let me try and find a way to say this, I don't truly like 99% of my color prints and now I don't much give a damn about reaching a wider audience. I think I'll be happier being known for my black and white even if I have fewer customers.
The other thing I have done is to separate my nude prints from the rest of my work. I did this so I wouldn't offend visitors to my web site that might prefer not to see the nudes. It was an option. In reviewing this policy I decided that my nudes are in fact fine art nudes. If someone's offended what will be will be. I want my work all in one catalog.
For years this contemporary art prints thing has been little more than a hobby. Another creative outlet from my commercial photography business. Now, for whatever reason, it will still be very secondary to my commercial photography but the prints will be 100% based on what I like and not to include appealing to a broader market.
I suspect these changes to occur rapidly and much before January 1. Very possible before November 1.
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