TAKING A LEAP OF FAITH.....Exhibiting at the 2014 Licensing Expo

2014 LICENSING EXPO AT MANDALAY BAY CONVENTION CENTER, LAS VEGAS

A couple of years ago I had a dream.....to step into the world of Art Licensing. As my thoughts and manifestations took hold, a person came into my life with the same vision.  Mary Esneault, a beautiful artist, and dear friend also wanted to become an art licensor.

Both of us had followed Tara Reed, and Maria Brophy on their blogs to begin to learn the in and outs of the trade.  We decided in June of 2013 to walk the Licensing Expo, and to attend LIMA a Licensing University held during the Expo.  We learned a lot, but also realized that this would be a leap of faith and a lot of hard work over the next year in order to become an exhibitor at the Expo.

On November 7, 2013 I received an email from Kelly Couchee, from Advanstar, the company that puts on the trade show.

"Hi Pamela-

Your paintings are beautiful!
I wanted to get in touch and invite you to exhibit in the 2014 Licensing Expo, June 17-19, in the Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas.
With so many of your peers and competitors on the show floor, I invite you to join us as an exhibitor in 2014! Your vibrant work will really resonate with our attendee base and buyers in publishing, gifts, toys, house & garden, apparel..."

Well you get the picture.....I was flattered and hooked.

Mary was equally intrigued and we decided to deposit our monies and join forces as "Dunmire Esneault Contemporary Designs".

We worked extremely hard the next several months designing collections, painting and photographing our images.  We worked with a great graphic designer Cathy Gibbons to design our beautiful and very classy banners for our booth.  We spent a lot of time, money and energy toward this project.  We ate, worked and slept the Licensing Expo.

We booked our rooms at the Luxor, invited our husbands along.....they became our "GO FORS". Thank you Tom and Jim.  We headed for Sin City, to gamble on our future as Licensing artists.

Dunmire Esneault Contemporary Designs Booth G24

It was one of the most life affirming actions I have taken in my long art career.  It has set me on a path of greatness.  Several large corporation reps, and Directors of Design came by our booth.  We met people from all over the United States and the World.  There are months ahead of daunting work to reign in the contracts.....but it will happen.  Mary and I both stepped away from this Expo very pleased and exhilarated.

Next Step.....possibly Surtex the largest Art and Design Expo. It is at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City May 17-19, 2015.  Penny Sikalis, Vice President of Surtex stopped by our booth and invited us to exhibit.

Mary Esneault and Pamela Dunmire on Opening Day

Yes, those smiles are genuine!!!!!!!! We are heading places.