How to Find Art Buyers
Learn to recognize possibilities already around you, make meaningful connections, and turn natural conversations into relationships that can lead to sales, referrals, and opportunities.
A Different Way to
Find Art Buyers
Start With What You Know
Your experiences, interests, relationships, and art give you more to work with than you may realize
Notice the Possibilities
Learn to spot people, places, organizations, and shared interests that could lead somewhere useful
Choose Where to Participate
Focus your time and energy where there is a natural fit, rather than trying to be everywhere
Make Genuine Connections
Build goodwill by being interested, useful, and involved without treating everyone as a prospect
Have Natural Conversations
Talk about your art comfortably, listen with curiosity, and discover what you have in common
Let Relationships Grow
Follow up thoughtfully and give connections room to develop into sales, referrals, and opportunities
How the Course Works
You’ll learn a practical approach you can repeat at your own pace. Start with what you already know, make a few thoughtful connections, and learn as you go.
Step One
Recognize the possibilities
Step Two
Connect and participate
Step Three
Communicate and follow through
Finding Buyers Is the
Challenge Every Artist Shares
Whether you’re just beginning or have been making and selling art for years, the fundamental challenge is the same: finding, connecting, and communicating with people who may want what you create.
Some may be ready to buy now. Others may become buyers later, when the timing, circumstances, and connection are right.
How to Find Art Buyers gives you a practical way to make that happen. Instead of mass-marketing to strangers, you’ll learn to recognize possibilities in the people, interests, experiences, and communities already around you—and develop them through genuine participation, natural conversation, and thoughtful follow-up.
This Works Alongside the Marketing You Already Do
Social media, email marketing, blogging, networking, promotion, exhibitions, and gallery representation can all have a place in your art business. This approach doesn’t replace them. It complements them.
And it works on your scale. You can pursue one possibility or several, depending on your time, energy, and circumstances. It doesn’t require feeding an algorithm, constantly producing content, or continually trying to attract more strangers.
A dozen people who know you, know your work, and are genuinely connected to you can be more valuable than hundreds or thousands of anonymous followers.
The goal is to develop a skill you can use alongside everything else you do—and throughout your art career.
Get How to Find Art Buyers for $97
How to Find Art Buyers
$97
6 modules and 12 lessons
Video instruction for every lesson
Complete written interactive lessons
How to Find Art Buyers Action Guide
Exercises and prompts to put the ideas into practice
Learn at your own pace
Lifetime access
Learn with Barney Davey
I’ve worked in the art business since 1988, helping artists market their work and build sustainable careers.
This course brings my extensive sales and relationship-building skills, along with industry insider insights, into a practical approach you can use in your life and career. It's designed so you can learn and use it at your own pace and in a way that matches your style.
Start with reasonable expectations, develop one to three possibilities, and grow from there. You'll learn to notice the connections, have the conversations, and choose a next step you can support and make happen, one that fits comfortably and compatibly with who you are and how you operate in the world.
Identify, connect with, and communicate with the people most likely to support you and buy your art.
30-day money-back guarantee
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