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October 20, 2004
HOW MUCH?
A question I dread: how much is it?
Don’t get me wrong, I want to sell my work - indeed I want it out the studio.
[an artist needs two people in their life, one to inspire them and one to take the work away when it’s finished]
But: How much is it? It’s wonderful when someone likes your work, you just want to give it to them. I don’t do it for money, but I need money to do it, so it would be crazy to give paintings away.
So how much? [very insistent these buyers] well, let me see… it cost so much for the materials, and so much for the model and it did seven sessions, and six days and it was on the easel for four weeks – and, well I sat and looked at it for two days, do I include that? Then I left it alone in the racks for a couple of months, before adding a bit of Prussian Blue [just a bit obviously]. And then there’s my lifetime’s experience to take into consideration and the fact that the picture will last 200 years, 400 if looked after… Now, a plumber charges – what? £60 an hour… and you’ll happily buy a computer for £1500 which will be out of date by the time you’ve worked out how to switch it on. So…
IT’S HOW MUCH?!
Posted by john at October 20, 2004 09:43 AM
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