{"id":124959,"date":"2025-03-10T20:56:09","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T20:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/entertainment\/art\/from-two-years-of-zero-sales-to-a-thriving-art-business\/"},"modified":"2025-03-10T20:56:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T20:56:09","slug":"from-two-years-of-zero-sales-to-a-thriving-art-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=124959","title":{"rendered":"From Two Years of Zero Sales to a Thriving Art Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cWe do have disagreements.\u201d\u2014Stella<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we first started working together, Stella actually didn\u2019t like me colouring her drawings. She had a real problem with that, and I had to really convince her that this was a good idea.\u201d\u2014Gemma<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn those first two years, when we were starting the business and we weren\u2019t selling anything, for me, I was really enjoying what I was doing anyway. 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