Advice where you least expect it

Today I talked with an art dealer. About making a living from art.

He was very generous with his advice, and set me the following homework:

1. Have my work professionally photographed
2. Document each work's title, size, media
3. Write my biography in 2-3 paragraphs
4. Make a website to show off my work & myself
5. Produce a printed booklet of a selection of my work to give to dealers
6. Email him when all this is done and he'll critique my efforts

He called this the transition from "crafty" to "fine art", and discussed how this change in level of finish would help me to engage with serious art dealers - and that this was the way to meet the kind of market that could make my work generate an income.

I guess it all comes down to how seriously I take myself and my work, and how much I want to let those finished works out into the world to find a home with someone else.