Turn on classes and set up a class per artist
create a liability account, called something like artist sales
create a service item named the same and select that liability account on the item screen
Use that item on a sales receipt when the art sells, select the class name for the artist
the artist is set up as a vendor, and should be marked as 1099 eligible
when you write the check, report on the artist liability account to get the total sales per artist (class(
on each check
line one, the liability account and the total amount of sales for that artist
line two, your commission income account, the amount of your commission as a negative number