TobyDavisArt
tobydavisart.bsky.social
TobyDavisArt
@tobydavisart.bsky.social
Oil painter.
Dog walker.
TobyDavisArt.com - TobyDavisArt.ETSY.com
once were.

There are too many sirens. Even posting new work on social media seems to be waning in effectiveness. Art feels analog.

In the future, I will try to make my art a siren, and a holder of attention, if only to survive in this new attention age.

Thanks for the enlightenment.
TD
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January 30, 2025 at 9:26 PM
(the wealth gap is definitely part of it).
But, after listening to just part of your book, I suspect that fine art is suffering from a lack of grabbing people’s attention.
It’s not that people do not love art, and appreciate it- I think they just aren’t thinking about it as much as they
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January 30, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I just listened to your free chapter on you podcast, and immediately ordered the audio book so I could continue.

For several years now, artists and gallery owners I know have discussed this slow decline in the fine art business. Many times it’s been hung on the pandemic, politics, the economy
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January 30, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Thanks!
January 20, 2025 at 12:08 AM
This will work as long as it takes for people to call in fake reports and send ICE to investment firms, dental offices, and car dealerships -
(it won’t work).
January 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM