Any professional artists with a large body of work out there?

HardWorkingDem

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Sun Feb-06-11 01:36 AM
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Any professional artists with a large body of work out there?

If so, have you thought about what you want done with your body of work when you pass away?

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NV Whino

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Sun Feb-06-11 11:46 AM
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1. Yeah

I'm going to provide a large supply of matches.

Truly it is a problem. When the economy died in 2001, my work stopped selling. I've had to stop painting. I mean, what do you do with a studio full of 4' x 5' paintings (and monotypes and pastels and drawings)? Not to mention all the supplies.

I've turned to digital photography as a creative outlet. Photography has always been a secondary outlet, but now it is my primary.

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HardWorkingDem

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Sun Feb-06-11 03:08 PM
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2. Are you suggesting you....

are going to burn your work?

I'm just curious if artists create foundations or something to ensure their work will remain.

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Chan790

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Sun Feb-06-11 04:31 PM
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3. They can...

as a writer, I've set aside my literary work from the rest of my estate to a literary executor. He's been ordered to burn all drafts and notes and unfinished works. Beyond that, he's to act to maximize the value of my collections for my heirs.

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NV Whino

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Sun Feb-06-11 06:41 PM
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4. No, I'm suggesting my heir burn it

;) Actually she can do anything she wants with it, but burning some of it is definitely an option.

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applegrove

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Sun Feb-06-11 10:06 PM
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5. Is there anywhere online where you can post a picture of your work and try and sell it that way?

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NV Whino

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Mon Feb-07-11 10:06 AM
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6. Selling work online

is a major marketing effort. And shipping 4' x5' paintings is costly.

The main problem is, people don't have disposable income anymore.

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MilesColtrane

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Mon Feb-07-11 06:51 PM
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7. Since I have no family, it doesn't really matter.

Besides, no one pays for music anymore anyway, so even if I had kids it wouldn't be a potential source of income for them.

I suppose it would be nice after I'm gone if some people listened to it and it made them happy, but in the long, long view it is all ephemera - nothing but Buddhist sand paintings.

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Manifestor_of_Light

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Mon Feb-07-11 10:04 PM
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8. The tough word is "professional".

Lots of people are artists and create art and music, but nobody is buying it.

All that supply side economics is bullshit, but that's what's running the country. There's no economy without demand.

I make music and paint and make jewelry but it doesn't bring in income.

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zabet

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Mon Feb-07-11 10:18 PM
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9. As a tattoo artist....

my work lives on until the customer dies or has it removed. I do have a portfolio with pics of my work that my daughter who loves tattoos has already laid claim to.

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