{"id":11135,"date":"2015-12-29T10:00:35","date_gmt":"2015-12-29T18:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/?p=11135"},"modified":"2015-12-29T10:00:35","modified_gmt":"2015-12-29T18:00:35","slug":"year-end-financial-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/2015\/12\/29\/year-end-financial-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Year End Financial Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n<\/a>Casting about for an illustration for this post, I remembered this door size painting I did this year. It was one of the gifts. I was blessed. (Click for larger view.)<\/h6>\n

A couple of years ago I came across an anonymous\u00a0Internet rant about selling art. It was so odd and so amusing I kept it. This morning I happened on it again. I\u2019ll share it here, complete with its own unique spelling and grammar:<\/p>\n

Are you interested making money in fine arts? Well if you are an artist then you can forget about the money part that’s the part you’re not gonna get it.Anything else is just fine.We all know many artists around including ourselves beeing one, how many people do you know who buy arts?And why someone should buy your art why?why?Why anyone should even buy an artwork in the first place did you think about that?Well friends let me clear one one thing\u2028First too many people are relying on paintings to make a living in art, 1-)artists (zillions of them let me clear that with one thing for you there are NO zillions of art buyers),2-)Galleries mostly sell frames without frame business they would go out of business,3-)Dealers,4-)publishers with their employees this list very long I won’t go on.I have been in art business for 25 years, mostly commercial because without it I could not put food on the table,This has nothing to do you beeing good or bad, there are just not many art buyers out there.\u2028We all buried under our egos as if we’re the only artist out there ooh gee my work is superior and people go for my work WOOOOV holly s..t unbelievable yeah. Friends nobody cares, art lost its momentum it is going down.With this computer age, future of art along with population groving number of artist and artist wanna be’s no good.\u2028you want to be succesfull and make a good living art is a wrong business<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Hilarious, you\u2019ll say, if it wasn’t so close to\u00a0true.<\/p>\n

When I’m asked if I make my living making art I say, “No, I make my living selling art.”<\/p>\n

But, while knowing how to make good art is challenge enough; knowing how to sell it is a trackless forrest.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019ll remember one of these blogs about a year ago, I came across (again) what I thought was a marketing approach I could do. It’s right out of the Bible: A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.<\/strong>*<\/p>\n

I won\u2019t go into how I\u2019ve applied that, nor have\u00a0I thought about it\u00a0every day. But things would come up when giving a painting, or a bunch of paintings, seemed the right thing to do. Sometimes it was with a gulp, and maybe a days-long hesitation. It\u2019s with some chagrin I\u00a0confess I\u2019ve probably given away more paintings this year than I\u2019ve sold.<\/p>\n

Imagine my surprise, then, as I\u2019ve approached the end of the year, that this has been not only a good income year, but the highest of my life!<\/p>\n

I rejoice, of course. But, more, I marvel.<\/p>\n

I go back to the first line of our Internet ranter, \u201c if you are an artist then you can forget about the money part.<\/em><\/span>\u201d There’s something true about that, but there’s more truth that adds to it . . . something he’s yet to discover . . . and I keep discovering.<\/p>\n

Have a good year.<\/p>\n

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\n*Proverbs 11:25<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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