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Old 04-12-2007, 01:30 PM   #30
Sharon Knettell Sharon Knettell is offline
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Oh what the hell!

It is impossible to ever figure out what is indeed marketable, let alone prize winning unless of course you are a Kinkade and get so rich you can do other things with your hands.

Years ago I heard a talk by Alan Stone, of the well known Alan Stone Gallery in NY. He said that the marketplace is the worst judge of art. I think we have all seen that to be true.

What DOES the public want? Do they want to be challenged, enlightened, inspired, pacified, soothed by something pleasant and non-threatening or do they really only want something to go with their drapes. Many years ago, when I was a very young artiste, I was wandering through some of the fancy galleries in NY. At one neo-impressionist gallery where the prices were in the stratosphere I was shocked at the gallery flunkie, who kept valiantly trotting out painting after painting to match a customers drapery sample. I was really demoralized.

Let the public catch up with you.
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