Watercolor and other art by Rachel Ferrier
So, first of all, several new folks have started following this blog and getting updates from me, so welcome, and thank you for joining me! My posts are admittedly relatively infrequent, but I do like to share the big news and updates every so often. My home page also has a list of my upcoming… Continue reading A good problem to have
It feels like the art market application season has been getting earlier over the last few years, but honestly, it’s great to be able to plan out these events further in advance (especially since I’m working around my “day job”). I’m happy to say that I’ve lined up two already since my last entry: one… Continue reading Markets and other Updates
The Boneyard Arts Festival, a major annual art festival that happens all across Champaign County in April, took place the weekend of April 12-14. As part of the festival, the relatively new Boneyard Arts Market also took place that Saturday and Sunday, and I had the privilege of being part of it. This was BAM's… Continue reading Recap of First 2024 Market, plus my newest handmade items have arrived!
I last posted here with a year-end update, and I am finally back for my first post in 2023 with an update on things to come. I’m happy to say I have a few shows, markets, and projects already lined up, so I’ll get right to it: A few of the paintings, notecards, and journals… Continue reading Good News and New Projects for 2023!
The other day online, I saw a meme that said something about how we’ve all been conditioned to love summer because that’s when we had the most freedom as kids and teens, but that the season itself is actually “atrocious.” It’s really causing me to reflect on my love for summer; we’ve been lucky this… Continue reading Halloween and fall paintings
I’ve been abysmal about updating you here, and for that I apologize. The good news is, I have a plan and a tentative schedule for future updates, so with any luck I’ll have a lot more to share from here on out! My market schedule is starting to fill up, which means I’ll have more… Continue reading A little about my last market and some news about the next
I don’t know how it’s June already, but here we are. My husband and I celebrated our first wedding anniversary on June 6th (though we’ve been together much, much longer than that). The lilac bush that was a wedding present bloomed for the first time in our yard, and the peonies I planted when we… Continue reading A Very Flowery Spring + Prep for Two Summer Markets!
For those of you keeping up on the news from my last post, I am happy to report that the Mistletoe Market was a great success. It was well-organized, well-attended, and I made many sales. My wood slice ornaments -- I was so happy with how they turned out. The week leading up to the… Continue reading Mistletoe Market and my end-of-the-year projects
I'm happy to say that after about a two-year hiatus (thanks largely to the pandemic) I got to do an in-person market again last weekend. I had a tent up at Made Fest, which is part of Pygmalion, an annual literary and music festival in Champaign-Urbana. I honestly spent a big part of the last… Continue reading Back on the Market: Made Fest 2021
As I've mentioned, I'm all about making 2020 my year for this art business endeavor, and a big part of that for me has been realizing that I can't do it all on my own. So, out of necessity, I've been on a path to discover some cheap or free resources (hello, local library) and...… Continue reading Finding Resources to Help Your Art Business: Networking
Fairy Tree Studios 