Commission 11" x 14"Above is a commission I delivered today and I am proud of it. The client is happy and loves it which is most important. Painting portraits for commissions is tricky especially when they are small as this commission was. I usually try to stray from portrait commissions but this was fun so I wanted to do it.
Painting commissions is one of my ways to make a living and do what I love at the same time. Being an artist is all I know whether it is a commercial artist or a fine artist. There are many fine artist that make way more than a commercial artist and vice versa. When my ex gets mad at me which is quite often just like when we were married she calls me a looser artist and tells me I need to get a real job. This was also the case when we were married as well.
But what is a real job? I have never had a real job is what she always told me and still does. Why does she get to define what a real job is? Do all artist and creative people like me not have a real job? Can someone tell me what a real job is? Is a real job doing something you hate but get paid for? If that is the case then I don't wish to have a real job. Does a real job pay more than the jobs I have had for the past 25 years as an artist? Who works a real job?
Why does she care if I have a real job or not? These are questions I have often wondered and have never found the answer to. I make money as an artist, people buy my paintings to hang in their houses it must make them happy to see my bright colored paintings. I makes me happy to paint them. So why would that not be a real job? I have sold 76 paintings to date just this year alone. Would I have sold that many or painted that many if I had a real job?
If someone out there can define a real job to me then please answer this blog. You will have to register to place an answer because I had to block the big angry monster who was leaving me mean comments and hurting my thick skin. Maybe that angry person has a real job that is why they are so ANGRY...
~mike
Painting commissions is one of my ways to make a living and do what I love at the same time. Being an artist is all I know whether it is a commercial artist or a fine artist. There are many fine artist that make way more than a commercial artist and vice versa. When my ex gets mad at me which is quite often just like when we were married she calls me a looser artist and tells me I need to get a real job. This was also the case when we were married as well.
But what is a real job? I have never had a real job is what she always told me and still does. Why does she get to define what a real job is? Do all artist and creative people like me not have a real job? Can someone tell me what a real job is? Is a real job doing something you hate but get paid for? If that is the case then I don't wish to have a real job. Does a real job pay more than the jobs I have had for the past 25 years as an artist? Who works a real job?
Why does she care if I have a real job or not? These are questions I have often wondered and have never found the answer to. I make money as an artist, people buy my paintings to hang in their houses it must make them happy to see my bright colored paintings. I makes me happy to paint them. So why would that not be a real job? I have sold 76 paintings to date just this year alone. Would I have sold that many or painted that many if I had a real job?
If someone out there can define a real job to me then please answer this blog. You will have to register to place an answer because I had to block the big angry monster who was leaving me mean comments and hurting my thick skin. Maybe that angry person has a real job that is why they are so ANGRY...
~mike
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