RE: 10 More Paintings to Post
Yes! I take history very seriously—the wide, expansive stuff as well as an individual’s genealogy. Anyway, popular art history, along with political history in general, is patriarchal, victor-centric, and quite awful, really. A book is a great idea (though I’ve done a few with poor results). The biggest problem for me, and I suspect other non-famous artists as well, is the tease of the Internet. The whole world can know us—literally the whole world, but practically no one wants to dip into their pockets until an authority suggests that it might be a good idea. I was telling an art acquaintance yesterday whose paintings I think are very good, that if Beyonce wore his name and one of his images on a t-shirt at the Met Gala, then he’d be rich and famous by the end of the year. Here’s a Ron Throop quote of note:
None of us are any good until many of us say that some of us are.
Celebrity worship has got us by the sneaks.
I like your idea of asking for sponsors. I’ll set that in stone on my Substack, and offer a subscription opportunity to readers/lookers along with a plea for supporting my big adventure.
The foundation is also a great idea, yet will take more research and planning. Always the big problem there is time. 3-5 paintings a day, and I am also the home cook, laundryman and groundskeeper:)
Thank you for your help. You are a stalwart Steemian!
If it comes to getting famous you are right. An influencer or vip should promote you or a something out your painting and indeed overnight you become without doing anything. The other option is being noticed by an art critique or some rich bored person showing off.
Being noticed consumes a lot of time and marketing (yourself) as well.
I watched many videos about publishing (the layout at Amazon shows even wrong with after the layout and using their app) and this what they say: if you publish you should be able to refer to some earlier books (meaning you need at least 4). Next you should publish on a regular basis. I know one doing well giving away one free book per month. Now we can discuss what books like but for him this works.
I am afraid that in the age of AI and to the generations raised by social media and AI handmade, true art and AI art are no difference. The average person cannot tell the difference and doesn't care.
A foundation might be a good solution (no personal income, work protected, inherence (grand) children, supporting free artists (financial or with materials), free books (paintings selected by theme and not too much text), one or two books for sale per year. Thicker, bigger..something like that.
Where did you print your other books?
You sound like me just without time to paint that much which is annoying.