Making Money

I am not a true artist. I will admit it. People may say that I do not appreciate fine art. They are correct. Some even get disgusted when I say that the purpose of art is to make money. So what. I am not interested in being a "starving" artist. I prefer to be a "well-fed" one.

I first realized the potential for making money through art on a trip to Washington, D.C. A friend of mine dragged me to the National Museum of Modern Art (I would never have gone on my own.) I was quite bored until I noticed something spectacular. I was astounded. No one around me seemed to realize what I had noticed. Let me explain.

There was a display of the works of a very famous modern artist. It consisted of about eighteen giant sheets of canvas. On each one there was a painting. A painting of.... nothing. No flowers, no crying women, no landscapes. There was nothing at all on the canvas. Each one had been simply painted a different shade of "off-white." People were looking at them all nodding their heads and saying what a genius the artist was. Well, I certainly agree. That artist is a genius at making money!

I mean all he did was mix some paint and spend about 5 minutes coating a piece of canvas with it. I wonder how much he laughed while he painted. Was he shocked when the museum called and asked to display his "work." All I know is that if you are an artist and your stuff is displayed in the National Museum of Modern Art, you have the ticket to riches. After the show I am sure someone will purchase the "paintings" for a few million.

So what are you waiting for. Buy some paint and canvas and get busy! Let's revolutionize the art world!