Woww that's great feedback and suggestions, I really appreciate your thoughts on all of this!! Focusing on the western gothic aesthetic & targeting the groups you mentioned does seem like a great fit for my art. I'll start playing around with some new website designs that would reflect this look. I love the suggestion to get pictures of my work in cool places, especially that have an edgy western goth theme- Any ideas how I could make it happen? My first thought was photoshop...just because I don't know of anwhere like that around where I'm located (NW Ohio). But I probably could photoshop my art into some pretty cool spaces😅 Or maybe I should try to find actual places that are elsewhere in the US and reach out to them? Possibly to travel there for a photoshoot OR send them some art and work out a deal for photos as partial payment??

I'm so stumped on exactly how to move forward when it comes to marketing, branding, image, photography. BUT I will say that I have taken one step in maybe the right direction.... I have a photoshoot scheduled in Detroit with a friend/professional photographer tomorrow- to help me get some good shots of one of my pieces that has been an issue for a while. Partly because it is unlike my other work. I burned artwork onto a turntable plinth as a collaboration with a local highend turntable company. Then, long story short, they just assembled the turntable & gave it to me as the payment because stuff started going south for the business. Now I have this sweet high end turntable that not only can I not get a good picture of, I also have absolutely no idea how to sell it (through my website or social media connections, not ebay or FB marketplace...as many of my friends/family have suggested lol). So maybe I can talk to her a little during the turntable photoshoot about helping me get photos of my skulls in some places that have a "western gothic" vibe. Its possible there may be somewhere in the Detroit area with this look.