So I Did This Art SHow

Last night my sister Morgan and I drove up to Berry College in Rome GA for their yearly art show. This was my first year at their show and my first time ever showing by myself.
I had multiple 8x10 prints, Note Cards, 3x8 Prints/Book Marks and 6 original paintings.
To tell the truth I was very nervous and afraid that I may have brought to much.
The night before Morgan , our friend Amanda along with her friend Dan and my self all went out to dinner, it was great to see Amanda after so long and it really took my mind off the nervousness to be able to just chat for a while.
Afterwards we went to Berry's coffee house and listened to some live music and then back up to Amanda's dorm to fold all the note cards and put them in their shrink wrap.

The nerves didn't set in again until the next morning when I was walking to the Moon Lawn to set up.
I felt so inadequate and I was worried I wasn't going to sell anything.
The morning went on and I hadn't sold anything, a bit depressed; I sat and I sat and I sat.
It was 42 degrees Fahrenheit (which is about 6 degrees Celsius) and as 11am rolled around I couldn't feel my hands or my feet from the cold.
But that's when things started to pick up, a young man came by and wanted to know about the Romania in Red painting, He just fell in love with it, and couldn't stop holding it. When I told him the price he beamed and said "I'll be back, I need to go to an ATM" excitedly he set the painting down and ran towards his car.
Next a couple came by and she wasn't very interested in my art, and he was bored with the jewelry she was looking at. All of a sudden something on my table caught his eye, he picked up the 'Fire in my Soul' painting and commented on the muscle tone actually being accurate. I was so pleased, he quickly bought the painting and showed it to his girlfriend, she stood there mouth agape and then said to me.
"How did you do that? He hates art!" I laughed as he explained he was just picky, but my stuff really spoke to him. He took one of my cards and said he'd keep an eye out for more paintings.
After that things got kind of quiet for a while, I did a quick sketch of a little boy who was enthralled with my art and kept asking if I was a real comic book artist. I told him I was planning on being one and he said. "Can you please make something I can read, I really like your pictures."
It was really one of the best compliments I've ever received.
Shortly after that one of the girls that attends Berry stopped by and also fell in love with the "Romania in Red" painting, though she said she couldn't afford the original she bought a print of it.
About noon Morgan and Amanda returned from buying me a hat and some gloves and getting our lunches. I by this time had to go to the car and sit with the heater on to eat. I couldn't move my fingers and toes and forming R's M's and most words that involved moving your lips. (Which was a big deal because 2 of my paintings were themed off of Romania)
After regaining my humanity and thawing out my blood I returned to the table to see none other the young man from that morning. He was standing money in hand to buy my painting, he was so excited he could barely wait for me to wrap up the painting, but he wanted to make sure it was wrapped so he could protect the paint.
After that it was dead for a while, a lot of people took my business cards.
I sold a few other pieces and I was extremely happy to be able to sell them.

Probably two of my highlight customers of the day though were two older ladies who stopped by the table right before I tore down.
They were so giddy over my art and were quite impressed.
They bought one of my Haa-Chan pictures and likened me to Erte.
They were very fun to chat with and they loved all my work.
Both of them talked about commissioning me for Christmas cards this year which I think will be really fun if it happens.

So I sold a grand total of $109 worth of art, which was very impressive for me who was afraid I wouldn't make anything. After deducting my expenses it came to $85 in profit. I think that was a good turn around.