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Art Can Be A Good Way To Earn Money

by Michael Ten
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Have you earned money through artistic or creative endeavors? Please tell us about it.

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  • Profile picture of the author StevenWatanabe
    Breakdancing on 3rd st in Santa Monica... BooKoo Bucks!
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    I am trying something with "auditory art" and CPA. Will keep you posted if it works out.
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  • Profile picture of the author Christopher Fox
    They don't call them starving artists for nuthin'. Crafty type stuff is easier to sell and make money on, done through low price and high volume.

    Not online, but I have been involved in the art industry to a certain extent. As well as having a couple friends that are talented oil painters, I have an elderly friend, 90+, that is an incredibly talented bronze sculptor. I have worked in his foundry, pouring molten bronze, as well as been involved in trying to place his work in galleries and sell to other venues (should have stayed at the other venues thing a bit - gave up too quick I think).

    He is NOT rich. At all. Despite being a noted award winner at prestigious art shows and despite the level of his talent and the ability to not have to outsource foundry work. He even has a bust sitting in a castle in Scotland of whatever meathead claims himself to be the head of Clan Scot by birth. Sticking with the bronze sculpture line, the people that have an easier time making consistent money are the patina artists (provide chemical coloration of the sculpture - an art unto itself).

    On top of that, artists can be incredibly socially awkward - they live in a different world and can be difficult to work with.

    It fits with mining analogy - the vast majority of the miners involved in the Gold Rushes made nothing. The people that sold the shovels to those miners, however ...

    Making money with true art is not easy. There are more highly skilled artists than most assume, but a limited customer base. The ones that are successful typically aren't any better an artist than the unsuccessful, just better self promoters or have experienced serendipitous occurrences that got their name out there.
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    • Profile picture of the author Michael Ten
      Originally Posted by Christopher Fox View Post

      They don't call them starving artists for nuthin'. Crafty type stuff is easier to sell and make money on, done through low price and high volume.

      Not online, but I have been involved in the art industry to a certain extent. As well as having a couple friends that are talented oil painters, I have an elderly friend, 90+, that is an incredibly talented bronze sculptor. I have worked in his foundry, pouring molten bronze, as well as been involved in trying to place his work in galleries and sell to other venues (should have stayed at the other venues thing a bit - gave up too quick I think).

      He is NOT rich. At all. Despite being a noted award winner at prestigious art shows and despite the level of his talent and the ability to not have to outsource foundry work. He even has a bust sitting in a castle in Scotland of whatever meathead claims himself to be the head of Clan Scot by birth. Sticking with the bronze sculpture line, the people that have an easier time making consistent money are the patina artists (provide chemical coloration of the sculpture - an art unto itself).

      On top of that, artists can be incredibly socially awkward - they live in a different world and can be difficult to work with.

      It fits with mining analogy - the vast majority of the miners involved in the Gold Rushes made nothing. The people that sold the shovels to those miners, however ...

      Making money with true art is not easy. There are more highly skilled artists than most assume, but a limited customer base. The ones that are successful typically aren't any better an artist than the unsuccessful, just better self promoters or have experienced serendipitous occurrences that got their name out there.
      Metal work is pretty amazing. Glass art is, too. You paint a good analogy there....

      There are some wealthy rappers and artists... but most probably are not... sort of like the gold rush, as you say...

      However, unlike gold, at least on Earth, there is an unlimited amount of creativity to be tapped into potentially.
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