Just a few words on pricing

Most artists spend a lot of time deciding on a pricing structure for their artwork. Next to self-promoting, artist dislike pricing the least. As a collector of art and as an artist, I feel very comfortable buying from artist's who demonstrate a very slow and steady growth in their pricing. That is where the prices for their artwork does not fluctuate a great deal. I have seen artists who super inflate the price of a piece just because they like a particular artwork. The next month they have a fire sale of greatly reduced prices. This is a self distructive practice that hurts the reputation of the artist, infuriates the purchaser, and frustrates the gallery owner.

Having said all that, I price my paintings considering two basic factors; size and complexity. Size being the prominant of the two. Complexity will vary the pricing to a much lesser degree.