A generous act.


She who waters will herself be watered.
I really do love the thought of generosity here that if you are a giving person you shall also be given to.
I really believe it is important to do more than is expected, to bring value to all you do as an Artist. Now I do not mean give away your paintings or not put reasonable prices on your work, but within your Art practice always be ready to do a little more, to add value where others would not.
Yes there will be times when you will be taken advantage of but on the whole that will not happen often.
I remember being in a group show years ago, it was a great opening night but few paintings were sold and for us Artists we felt sorry for ourselves that nothing of ours sold. Nearing the end of the night there was one lady we all knew looking at all the paintings but we knew she had four or five children and did not have the money to spend on Art, her and her husband were barely making ends meet.
This one Artist walked up to her and asked which paintings she liked the most of this Artists work. The woman pointed at one and said she loved it but would never be able to afford it. The Artist walked up to the wall and took the painting down, wrapped it and gave it to the woman. The woman nearly broke down and cried she was so grateful to have an original painting.
I asked the Artist why she did that and she said “I have one painting from tonight hanging in a grateful strangers house.”
It was a wonderful gesture of generosity and that woman who has the painting talked about her good fortune for weeks after, everyone heard about this wonderful generous Artist.
Did it hurt her Art business? Not at all.
Did others come and ask for a free painting? No.
Did she get wonderful word of mouth publicity out of her generous act? Yes of course.
But that was never her intention she just wanted to bless someone who could never afford to buy her paintings, a selfless, spur of the moment generous act.
She added so much value to herself and her Art business that night, though a kind selfless act though it was not her intention.
She watered and she was watered herself.
















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