Buckeye Bridge, 16×12″, oil on wrapped canvas, $250
Tulare County is poor. We have high unemployment, even in better times. We aren’t very educated, and people buy inexpensive posters and cheap prints for their homes and offices. But not everyone. . . I have been earning my living with art, a full-time occupation, a business with art as my product since 1993. How?? By God’s grace, for sure. By not giving up. By building my skill and my reputation as a reliable business person who works well with customers, has fair (read “cheap”) prices and meets deadlines.
My good friend and I have been discussing art, business, and all variations of same.We know it is a luxury rather than a necessity. We know it continues to sell, people continue to buy it, even in a place like Tulare County, even in crummy times.
Why do people buy art? I thought of eleven reasons.
- It reminds us of good times.
- It reminds us of good places.
- It transports us back to those good places.
- It keeps our walls from being bare and boring.
- It brings color to otherwise dull decor.
- It absorbs sound. (Don’t believe me? Take all your stuff off the walls and listen to your room!)
- The flowers don’t wilt.
- The fruit doesn’t rot.
- It can be any season we want it to be.
- It can show you a scene the way you remember it, without all the junk that shows in photos.
- It is easy to rearrange the look of a room by rearranging the pictures – they move more easily than furniture!
Have you bought art? Care to share why?