Tend to agree. I don't think of myself as an artist, except when I'm
making fun of myself. Really, I think it's for posterity to decide,
but posterity doesn't carry a lot of cash. <g> I like to sell my
prints for money, and would be perfectly happy to "sell out" if
selling out didn't mean I had to compromise whatever I see my mission
as being.
--Bob Whitmire
www.bwp33.com
On Jun 16, 2009, at 10:05 AM, Ken Norton wrote:
> To "sell" is to "sell out". The middle road is where I'm
> at. I'm less an artist and more a craftsman. A craftsman is that
> middle of
> the road individual that both the artists and the mass-production
> people
> despise. A craftsman will rarely create "High-Brow Art", but grouses
> about
> the masses that can't tell the difference between an inkjet print from
> Kinkos on 18# copier paper and a finely crafted silver-gelatin on
> fiber
> print. A craftsman will usually create works of higher quality than an
> Artist, but will never be recognized or "collected".
--
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