Comments on: reasons to buy art http://kathrynsemolic.com/blog/2006/05/14/quitter.html paintings, studio updates, and ideas about art and life Sun, 07 Sep 2008 07:43:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: ksemolic http://kathrynsemolic.com/blog/2006/05/14/quitter.html#comment-15 ksemolic Mon, 15 May 2006 16:26:41 +0000 http://kathrynsemolic.com/blog/2006/05/14/quitter.html#comment-15 Oh, Jeez, don't waste your time on guilt. I hate to play a part in the creation of that emotion! I think people should purchase art which pleases them. If you like bare walls, go with it. If you want some art, it would be cool to buy direct from an artist. I don't really see the art industry as parasitic, well, with the exception of all the art auctions, but a successful industry that I have gleefully supported. I may not buy into a lot of the hocus pocus snobbery of the art world, but I definitely participate in my own way. I'm hoping people will stop thinking of art as either something for viewing in museums or that crappy matching print stuff in cheap hotels and find what speaks to them. I'm like a lot of independent artists. I keep my prices reasonable enough and offer installment plans so that everyone who wants to own original art by me can do so. Art is for everyone and every day life. And as bitter as I was yesterday,I'm back at it today! Thanks for reading and commenting, Kathryn Oh, Jeez, don’t waste your time on guilt. I hate to play a part in the creation of that emotion! I think people should purchase art which pleases them. If you like bare walls, go with it. If you want some art, it would be cool to buy direct from an artist. I don’t really see the art industry as parasitic, well, with the exception of all the art auctions, but a successful industry that I have gleefully supported. I may not buy into a lot of the hocus pocus snobbery of the art world, but I definitely participate in my own way. I’m hoping people will stop thinking of art as either something for viewing in museums or that crappy matching print stuff in cheap hotels and find what speaks to them. I’m like a lot of independent artists. I keep my prices reasonable enough and offer installment plans so that everyone who wants to own original art by me can do so. Art is for everyone and every day life. And as bitter as I was yesterday,I’m back at it today! Thanks for reading and commenting, Kathryn

]]> By: Grokodile http://kathrynsemolic.com/blog/2006/05/14/quitter.html#comment-14 Grokodile Mon, 15 May 2006 15:37:26 +0000 http://kathrynsemolic.com/blog/2006/05/14/quitter.html#comment-14 Ouch, oh boy, do I feel guilty. I look around at my totally bare walls, after three years of living here... (whistling innocently) Oh well, look on the bright side, at least I'm not supporting the parasitic business community either! Ouch, oh boy, do I feel guilty. I look around at my
totally bare walls, after three years of living here…

(whistling innocently)

Oh well, look on the bright side, at least I’m not
supporting the parasitic business community either!

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