Completed Cards

Here are some of my finished artist cards that are now for sale in my etsy store:
http://insitudecorativearts.etsy.com
Concerning their completion, the most difficult part was deciding about adding text, and I'm pleased with the results but also wanting very much to improve in this area. Maybe I'm just taking this all too seriously: let's face it, it is hard to justify working and re-working a tiny card that will be selling for a mere five dollars with free shipping. Yet I suppose making art is all about having fun and learning for yourself. It is about developing an original style of working and then running with it. So profiting isn't only about cash money. But art should also be shared, at least that is what i have been thinking lately. I'm the kind of artist that is many times driven by either curiosity about process or mere coveting of objects that I can't afford. For instance, my drive to make decoupage plates arose because:
A. I wanted to learn how decoupaging images under glass was done and
B. I couldn't afford to buy a glass dragonfly tray made by John Derian
So I mainly create for myself and myself alone, or occasionally friends and family.
It is only in the last five years that this has become completely untenable. This is a big whopper of a topic which i will return to in my next post.