There's a lot of people talking about galleries here, and that's great. But it strikes me that all the professional artists I know make their money through Patr

There's a lot of people talking about galleries here, and that's great. But it strikes me that all the professional artists I know make their money through Patreon, and market themselves on social media. That's another venue for professional networking that you may want to look into, especially since the barrier to entry is low (post art on Twitter, try to connect with other Twitter artists).