My continued journey in figuring out how to place a value on my art.

I think I have come up with an equation.

(Name + Quality + Visual Appeal) x Quantity = Value

It is not a totally comprehensive equation. Intention plays a role, and significance.  For this exercise though I will stick to my first equation.

I went to my local-ish art gallery.  I guess it is more of an art museum.  Art gallery suggests more of a transient experience.  Art on the move.  Art for sale.  The art that was there, some might have been on the move but it would be from one art museum to another.  It was during my visit that I was thinking of art as a Name.  Its a Picasso.  Its a Rembrandt.  Its a Chagall.  The quality and importance of the piece is not questioned because of the name associated with it.  There are greater and lesser qualities and importance within those bodies of work, but the name comes first.  Name is definitely in the equation of value.

I have a name.  I kind of like it.  It rhymes with many things, which kind of sucked in grade school, but it is mine and mostly unique to me.  What I don’t have is a Name.  When introduced my name will not get a glimmer of recognition, open doors, turn heads, put fear in the hearts of all who hear it.  There are many ways to get a Name.  Most of the ways I know, I am resistant to.  I have never been very good at tooting my own horn.  I also have a horrible tendency to become embarrassed if others say good things about me.  It becomes quite a quandary.

In evaluating my present situation in regards to how much value my name adds to my art.  It would be practical to say that my name adds no value. For now.