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Do research on any sort of craft fairs, art shows, small fairs, farmers markets, and what have you in your area. Many of these events and shows are done annually and dates can be found way in advance.
You need more capital for this, but hopefully you have continued to save in hope of your art career. Or a supportive and social circle is always handy too.
Rent booth space in a few of these shows. Use your capital for booth fees and transportation costs.
Most art fairs will showcase pretty much anything unless maybe too graphic. Use good professional judgment, don't take paintings of nude bloody women to the local farmers market.
But if your stuff isn't offensive book a few different thinks. Think outside the box.
Obviously the more closely related the event to your style the better you may fair but if next weekend there is a local bead and bracelette show make a few phone calls and introduce yourself as a local painter and inquire about renting a corner of a room that you have ten original paintings you would like to sell.
Most local art events will have websites advertising booth space with contact info.
Start selling these paintings in your city/community. Sell the originals for whatever you think they are worth. If you have the capital to invest a little more you can sell framed prints for like 20 bucks and maybe even smaller framed gloss prints done on a home computer for ten bucks.
Hopefully you sell a few here and there, put that money back into the business; more art supplies to create more inventory.
If you are professional about it and do your more market research as you progress you can find your niche, your market.
Keep painting.
Keep taking those weekends off from work to make the shows.
Keep selling.
Keep expanding.
If you are diligent you will get your name out there. It takes talent as well, let us not forget that. I have no doubt you have talent as the people around you would not encourage you if you didn't.
The more hands you get