Embroidered Collage

This is the more refined version of what I posted back in December, something a little more compact that I can refer back to.

Top Accomplishments in 2005

1. Sold my first piece of art
2. Increased the dimensions of my art pieces from ATCs up to 5x7s, 8x10s, and an 11x14
3. Established a habit of keeping a sketchbook
4. Joined and participated in groups dedicated to sharing in improving our art.
5. Let friends and family know that I was creating original art.

Artistic Goals for 2006

1. Complete a piece of art each day
2. Practice at least once a week to improve my realistic drawing skills
3. Create elemental pieces for The Fiber Alliance challenge and complete 2005's leaf piece
4. Improve my printmaking technique, complexity, and size of work
5. Keep developing ideas in my sketchbook

Business Goals for 2006

1. Update website with a frontpage, banner, and bimonthly article
2. Get business cards
3.  Enter at least Technicon's Art Show, Small Works II, Phillip's Mill Annual, and one Projekt30.  Look for additional opportunities to show available work
4. Regularly list pieces on internet sites as available for sale
5. Network within the local community and the non-art online community.

I have a couple scary, ambitious, overarching goals that these support.  They scare me enough that I'm not entirely sure I want to lay claim to them without waiting to see if they're possible, and I'm really not sure they are within a year.  I'd like to build enough of a reputation to have an exhibit of my 2006 Daily Devotions work sometime in 2007.  Even if it is just enough of a reputation to rent the local art center's space for a weekend and be able to get people to come.  Of course, the quality of the featured art will need to improve as well...  And I'd like to make my art financially self-supporting, first in regards to business expenses, then in regards to supplies, then in regards to classes and other learning opportunities. 

Yep, writing them down didn't make them any less scary.  Especially since I know there may be some things coming up this year that will shift my focus away.  But my numbered goals will lead me in this direction.  And those too can be broken up into specific smaller steps.  For example, the showing and selling ones imply a certain quantity and type of production that I haven't laid out in ths entry.  So we'll see where my steps take me.