At that living contemporary artists

[Семен Семенович]

Сообщение от Veronic

For example, in the West there is a perception that live only in painting impossible. So many artists live on their wages, and more art for the soul. But, can we speak in this case about professionalism?

In such a case - it is certainly not professional, if the painting only for the soul. And I do not know about what you are talking about the West. My good friend - an artist, 30 years ago, left for America - lives only in painting. The range of prices for his work - 6000-30000 and sold about 20 works a year. He had his home near Boston and. Naturally, he did nothing else but painting is not engaged. But it is now. When the left - which would have worked, creating sketches for advertisements for prododovolstvennyh shops, posters, wrote and designed Vetrin, etc., but the painting took all the rest of the time (of course, and family - a little ...). 15 years ago he left it and now only painting ...