[Svartalfiar]

I have known 2 guys who make decent livings oil painting desert and mountain scenery. Their agents sold all they could produce. There is a big market for beautiful original oil paintings of such things. But it takes competence and hard work as a painter.

So they've got talent, and have been around long enough to have agents that do that. Not something most younger artists have. How long does it take them to make each painting? And at what sale price?


To say that art and capitalism don’t mix is incredibly stupid.

I'm not saying that, I'm saying the opposite. There isn't enough of a market to fully support the sheer number of "artists" out there. I know 5-6 people that make a significant amount, and the only one without a real job is the one married to my buddy who can easily support the family by himself. The rest have it simply as their big hobby, but nothing more.

[Seruzawa]

Doug knocked out 2 or three in a weekend. It’s called competence. Actually learning how to paint helps. That means spending years painting, not listening to lectures by failed painters.