Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for November 20, 2015

And who said Mike wasn’t a supportive husband?

I know a few artists who have some confidence in the value of their work, but none have this much confidence…

Mike’s willing to take one for the team.

And it’ll only cost MIke $100,000 to get her established, or a grant from the government, or they could make those 1%ers pay their fair share to get her living the life she wants to be accustomed to.

She reminds me of the art majors I used to know when I was taking ceramics classes at my uni.Every year, they’d have a student/teacher art sale, and you could tell who did which just by the price. The teachers, who were experienced, established artists (at least one with a national reputation), had nice pieces with low prices.The students, otoh, wildly overrated their pieces. I especially remember one, crayon scribbles on a piece of paper, with an $80 price tag. I can only hope it was ironic.

$80 for a crayon scribble by students pales in comparison with “modern” art pieces of nothing but a few colored streaks of paint going for many thousands of dollars painted by …….. wait for it……… elephants!

I’m perfectly willing to lend moral support to your financial support !

“Reality check on aisle 4, please.”

At one time I had enough canvass to drape a good sized living room, used it for several years working as a painter/decorator. In the end, they were spattered with every color I had used over the years. Realized too late I should have framed them and sold them as a set “Life’s Work” - and retired on the spot. Or bought another set and started over!

I believe Picasso made money selling blank canvases with his signature at one point….

More than one “Contemporary” Atrist has realized that, the Higher the Price Tag, the faster Crud Sells.Especially if you cater to the Pretentious. .