10 More Paintings to Post
Waif and Bureau 2026. Oil on paper, 18 x 24"
Day 2 of trying to keep up with posting my recent paintings. Three or more a day for the next 20 years. I plan on blowing up the blockchain! This is my third week in, and I’m on track for 20,000 by the year 2046. I try to get my first one completed each morning by 6:30 a.m., and three finished by noon. Some days I sneak in one or two in the afternoon. However, I need to slide away from that temptation. There are too many other art chores on the list that I’ve been neglecting. For instance, number one on the list: Money Making. Edgeworth, Emma and I were discussing revenue streams (or lack thereof) today on our weekly Black Ivory broadcast. Free Art Frees Art is doomed if we cannot bring in some money by other art related means. Any ideas are most welcome. Meanwhile, here are some more recent paintings. I’ll try to catch up posting here within the next few days.
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Not Yet In Nature But You Know It's Coming 2026. Oil on paper, 18 x 24"
I'm Too Envious of Celebrity Art Stories. Just Make Some Stuff and Die 2026. Oil on paper, 18 x 24"
Sword Shield Flag Face 2026. Oil on paper, 18 x 24"
This Little Bird Reminded Me That the Artist Can Never Be Apart From Her Art 2026. Oil on paper, 18 x 24"
Morlock With Faded Mother Tattoo 2026. Oil on paper, 18 x 24"
Under Whose Authority Does That Cheese Doodle Nazi Musk Get to Crash His Rocket Into My Moon Design? 2026. Oil on paper, 18 x 24"
People Are Always Singing With Their Mouths 2026. Oil on paper, 18 x 24"
Remember Back in the 80's When Bono Said He Didn't Want to Bug Us About Apartheid? 2026. Oil on paper, 18 x 24"
The only thing I can think of is exposition and showing news/history by your paintings. I don't know how difficult it is to make booklets with certain subject where those paintings are show + title of course.
The art, original, can still be free just not what is around it. (Little sculptures of characters in your paintings).
By the way, even if art is free you can still ask for donations to keep the art running.
Since you set a goal of 20,000 paintings you could also let donate your bet that you will have a X number of paintings at the end of this year. If people are willing to sponsor to bicycle through Norway to collect for X why not for this?
Is is possible to set up a foundation for Free Art Frees Art?
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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:
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:)
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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.