Collecting Art Part 3: Visiting Galleries

Sapphire by David Dory
To own a piece of work done by an Artist
is to possess one of their facets, one of the windows of their life.
David Dory
 
1 - Introduction
The first thing I did in 1994 after deciding to sell my photographs was to look for a gallery that was willing to carry my work. In the town I lived in at the time, Houghton-Hancock in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, the choice was simple because there was only one gallery. Furthermore, the Tosh Gallery, as it was named, had just opened and was looking for artists. When I walked in with my work I showed it to Tom Ex, the owner, and the person responsible for the first half of the gallery name, the second half being that of his wife at the time, Sharon, on a piece of lumber that was strewn across the gallery between the desk and a display stand. Tom liked what he saw, needed the inventory, and just like that, I started selling my work in his gallery.
I am far from being alone in this approach. Most artists who start selling t...