Website to market your masterpieces

Aug 23 2006

By Graham Davies Daily Post Staff

NOT all professional artists are stereotypical dreamy souls content to live a life of bohemian poverty in a messy studio apartment. But perhaps it is fair to say the last things creative types want to worry about are the business dealings that could lead them to commercial success. That is why two Merseysiders have set up a website allowing artists to concentrate on their masterpieces, by marketing and selling their work for them. Lucy Byrne, 26, from south Liverpool, founded Dot-Art after realising there were few places in the region for painters and sculptors to showcase their work. Story continues ADVERTISEMENT She teamed up with city businessman David Hall, 39, to come up with the site, to which artists subscribe to exhibit work. The pair are acting as "middle men", inviting businesses to sponsor an artist or commission their work for their offices. Ms Byrne said: "Artists want to create or develop art. It's very rare you find one who wants to go out there and sell themselves. "I saw there was a need for artists in the city to get their work out there. "We've been targeting the local business market, because there are very few people going out and asking if they want to buy, rent or commission art. "For a reasonable cost, we can take that hassle away from them."

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