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Your Body of Work
A body of work is a collection of art with three characteristics:

- Consistent theme

- Consistent technique

- Quantity

A consistent theme and consistent technique define your visual style and create an identifiable look-and-feel.

A quantity of 15 or more shows your dedication to your artistic exploration. It’s also the minimum quantity that galleries request from artists.

The most frequent issues we encounter regarding a body of work are:

- fully exploring a theme or technique.
- choosing one body of work from your all of your art to make a clear statement.

A well defined body of work makes marketing a snap!

Thought To Ponder?
Which body of work am I passionate about - now?

Tip of the Month
One body of work at a time.

Exercise
Learn how to analyze/edit your existing art to identify your strongest body of work.

1) How many themes are represented in the collection below?

2) How many techniques are represented in the collection below?

3) How many bodies of work are there?

4) How many more pieces will be required to make each theme a body of work?

5) If you were the artist which body of work would you focus on first?

Answers: 1) 4, 2) 1, 3) 0, 4) 7 flowers, 13 portraits, 13 seascapes, & 13 interiors. 5) flowers

Lesson Learned
Apply this exercise to your work and discover your greatest artistic asset - a well defined body of work.

Next month...
Discover how a body of work is enjoyed!