What started as a great idea to sell my fine art photographs, and perhaps other’s as well, has come to a close. Bert & None online gallery expired today and I have no plans to restart it. I still own the domain, but will direct it to the commerce section of this website. That’s called “The Curious Basement” .

Here’s what I learned:

1. Maintaining two websites is a lot of work, especially when they don’t make much money

2. Selling photography is a weird business.

3. It makes more sense to have all my stuff under one tent.

I’ve reached a point in my life and career where I don’t think I need to be all things for all people. It really hasn’t worked out so well, to be honest. The things I’m most passionate about in photography have limited but very passionate, commercial followings. I’m drilling down into that and seeing where it leads.

Making work that reflect who and where I am seems like a good idea for now. I have a backlog of images to release into the wild, some time to focus on setting things up, and a desire to grow as an artist.

Bert & None was named after my grandparents, and I owe a lot to them. I’m sorry the site didn’t take off, but I got to practice talking about work, organizing ideas, and creating beautiful work. No regrets, Coyote.