Finished the first of two weekends of the Nightmare fair in Ansonia Ct.  Sadly not going as well as I anticipated/hoped.  The Fair itself is great, and Saturday it was mobbed at night, yet sales were abysmal.  Once home yesterday, I had some time to actually think about it, and why I might not be doing so well here.  Its not the fair itself, which is bringing in a lot of people, so I had to sit down and tally whats going on here.  I've come up with these reasons why its not going spifftacular LOL.

#1:  Its a halloween horror fair.   Considering most dont have merchants and this is a new idea persea to have vendors at the halloween fair itself, thats probably the #1 reason for the slowness in my tent.  People just arent prepared to shop, at least for artwork persea.

#2:  Its at night.  Now the SCRF was held at night, but also in the daytime, and a broad spectrum of it.  Artwork and darkness don't go hand in hand.  Though my tent is pretty well lit with a black n'decker generator rechargeable, i noticed a slide in sales as soon as the sun went down.

#3:  Lack of alchohol LOL.  Bad as this sounds, its amazing what an ale or glass of wine in people will do for sales.

#4:  Wrong Genre.  Renaissance Faire's and Psychic Faires tend to be more accepting of the art I show.

and #5:  its the same location as the SCRF, many patrons were in my shop just a few months ago and have already purchased from me.

So, I'm working now to see what i can do to make this last weekend lucrative.  I have a few paintings that are half - 75% done, which if i get some gumption (and for4go sleep) I can probably finish under pressure for this weekend. Luckily most of the work to them is done, and they are a bit more family friendly - kid oriented (which will help on saturday lil punkin days :)

Wish me luck!