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Why Art Is So Rewarding
If only it paid better!
I recently heard from someone who bought one of my paintings years ago — back before I had my mastectomy and then the recent battle with brain cancer.
This was back when I was still married to my ex, over a decade ago.
I started off painting just as a hobby. In fact, my ex bought me an art class as a gift. Just one session painting in the park but I really loved it, and so then I started to paint for pleasure. Eventually I started to sell my work.
I even had studio space for a while — in a local gallery that catered to tourists and day-trippers.
I never made a lot of money but I usually paid for groceries.
I had a Facebook page which showed pictures of all of my art, with links for people to visit if they were interested in buying stuff online. A few pieces did sell that way.
At one point, I also put some paintings up in a restaurant in a high-end neighborhood. Someone paid what, for me, was a lot of money at the time, to buy the painting shown at the top of this page.
The person had a daughter, and bought the painting for her.
Recently, many years later, she reached out to me on my FB site, to tell me how much she continues to enjoy the painting.
