If I was going to click the "enter" button and launch a website I needed to do my homework and I did three months of research. A few years back it seemed like the natural next step, a natural progression. I was apprehensive of newer technology and was sure I would push a wrong button and blow up my computer. But, I decided it was time. I knew I was a small fish in a big pond...make that an enormous ocean, but my website opened the door to so many avenues and actually did a lot of the work for me. This left me with more time to paint, and with more time to paint my portfolio began to grow.
Get to know me and you'll know I do my homework. Maybe it comes from years of being self employed and that the responsibilities and results for business decisions are in my hands. That being said, as hard as I try sometimes I need to turn to my business partners for help.
The same applies to the provider of my art website, a company that has proven to me on multiple occasions that they stand up to their core values and understand the needs generated by fine artists, regardless of where they are in their artistic journey. They are here to help no matter how many questions I have, how many times I change my template, color scheme, navigation bar, and on and on. At some point I even picture them in a meeting talking about their customer's concerns and saying "anything from Rachelle this week?' Ha Ha! ...sigh. The technical support does all of the technical homework for me and connects with most social medias allowing me to generate a network of my choosing.
With reduced stress comes focus, confidence, and time management. The canvases for my still life series have been primed and were selected months ago with a focus on vertical compositions.
