Great Art is risky.




If what you are painting is guaranteed to sell because you have done similar to it many times before and it’s comfortable, then it should not be painted.
Great paintings are risky and the “thief” will try and stop you and they could fail.
Paint by numbers is not risky and most people will like those paintings because they have seen them before, but they are not great Art and most likely not Art at all, just factory pictures.
To paint great Art like Vincent Van Gogh is very risky, people may not like it and it might not sell for many years.
The Impressionists laboured for most of their lives and were laughed at and their Art was called many names, none nice, yet it was great Art and of course it was finally accepted and recognised for what it was and they become famous.
All the factory art of Van Gogh’s day is now forgotten.
All the factory pictures of the Impressionists period are now forgotten, but the Impressionists Art is not forgotten and today it is seen as great Art and can be seen in all the great museums and is a central part of what Art is.
Doing great Art is risky and the “thief” will try and stop you and it may take a long time to sell and for you to get noticed, but it is not forgotten.
Do risky Art and be remembered.


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