Selling out ...

A sell out? Sure! But I'd place us in maybe only the 5th circle of art heck:

7th - Toiling in obscurity, eating dustbunnies with the lights off, but dreaming of selling something someday

6th - Following an unerring artistic vision that just *happens* to correspond to the interests of the monied

5th - Following an unerring artistic vision, and/also creating honest depictions of one's patrons that just *happen* to be well-liked

4th - Creating portraiture with the ears a tad smaller, the eyes a tad bluer, the hair evenly dispersed, the mouth cupid-like, the breasts perky, the gut svelte

3rd - Creating portraits on one's own time, and redesigning websites with backgrounds you paint by hand to pay the rent

2nd - Rehashing Old Master images for Christmas cards that pay $150 for all rights in perpetuity

1st - Whoever painted that Santa Claus for Coca Cola