We try to buy from living artists because we love to understand why they are painting or sculpting and get into their minds.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
People go to see beautiful paintings to see how much they cost. Wow. The practical value is that it shows you what the human spirit can do.
It is a myth that art has to be sold. It is not like stocking a grocery store where people fill a pushcart. Art is a product that has no apparent need. The salesperson builds the need in the mind of the buyer.
Art is fun to buy.
I don't understand why people talk of art as a luxury when it's a mind-altering possibility.
Creativity is not just for artists. It's for businesspeople looking for a new way to close a sale; it's for engineers trying to solve a problem; it's for parents who want their children to see the world in more than one way.
We have to show support for artists who are trying to own things for themselves.
It makes me happy to think that this world of art-as-investment is a minuscule fraction of the art world overall. Most people who create, trade and own art do it for a much simpler reason. They just like it.
Artists need a lot of collectors, all kinds of collectors, buying their art.
I make paintings, try to get others to look at them and hopefully buy them.
We as artists are actively encouraged - by other authors, your agent, publisher, and society - not to think about money, strategy, how to manage your career, how to create a brand, because we're supposed to focus on the art.