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I've just had the last of my panorama paintings bought by a gallery over here in Dublin the gallery owner is now printing up limited edition prints which I saw yesterday and approved so I'm signing contracts tomorrow and it's all good . My problem is titles I'm absolutely hopeless at titles , because I've run out of titles over the years , I would be chuffed if some fellow members could suggest a title for this panorama ... it's a watercolour of deer in Dublins Phoenix park
It's always a tricky one, however, over the years I have found that prospective purchasers generally want to know where the scene is. With that in mind always include this information in the title, in this case 'Pheonix Park' with a bit of embellishment. Generic titles such as 'sunset over the backwater' etc don't give any clue as to the origin and I tend to steer away from these.
"Look, Dave, I can see a tree" Then subtitle it "Deer in Phoenix Park, Dublin" or something like that. I see gazillions of music items with mind-numbingly boring Does-what-it-says-on-the-tin titles like "Andante in G" - titles need to have some humour; go for something off the wall.
It needs to be something that you can identify it by, otherwise you can have silly conversations with people who are talking about a painting that you think is something else. e.g. Winter Phoenix Panorama with Fallow Deer.