An artist friend once told me that once he was paid for a painting, he didn’t care what the buyer did with it, frame and mount it, throw it away, use it to patch the roof. Just so long as he got p-aid for it, he was happy. He also said that he was not anxious for the value of his artwork to appreciate, since the traditional way for that to happen was for the artist to die. I believe there have been some exceptions to that rule, but my friend did not believe that he would be among them.
Dada… silly! That’s the creativity monster! He eats yer head every so often, if yer lucky.
M. Lonie… Hmmmm…. Thomas Kinkade made gobs of money with his art and THEN died (prematurely). Is his work more valued now? Hmmm…. whether you think him an artist is up to you… but I’d guess that Van Gogh would’ve remained in obscurity had his sister and law been so diligent in promoting after his death.
Judy… For me, they are like children. It’s hard sometimes to see them leave. Others, you are ready for them to go. But like all yer kids, you’d rather they didn’t wind up in a trailer park in Kentucky married to a moonshiner with no teeth. (No offense Kentucky people/trailer parkers/moonshiners/people with no teeth).
Randie! Look over your head! It’s the Flying Spaghetti Monster!
An artist friend once told me that once he was paid for a painting, he didn’t care what the buyer did with it, frame and mount it, throw it away, use it to patch the roof. Just so long as he got p-aid for it, he was happy. He also said that he was not anxious for the value of his artwork to appreciate, since the traditional way for that to happen was for the artist to die. I believe there have been some exceptions to that rule, but my friend did not believe that he would be among them.
I don’t know…I’m not a painter, but I think I’d rather see a work of art go to good home….after creating something, don’t you get sort of attached?
Dada… silly! That’s the creativity monster! He eats yer head every so often, if yer lucky.
M. Lonie… Hmmmm…. Thomas Kinkade made gobs of money with his art and THEN died (prematurely). Is his work more valued now? Hmmm…. whether you think him an artist is up to you… but I’d guess that Van Gogh would’ve remained in obscurity had his sister and law been so diligent in promoting after his death.
Judy… For me, they are like children. It’s hard sometimes to see them leave. Others, you are ready for them to go. But like all yer kids, you’d rather they didn’t wind up in a trailer park in Kentucky married to a moonshiner with no teeth. (No offense Kentucky people/trailer parkers/moonshiners/people with no teeth).