We are conditioned to believe that there is romance in the tale of the starving artist. That somehow, it is a condition of being a "real artist", and that somehow selling art makes you less of an artist.

"Starving artists care only about the art."

"Starving artists throw the bird at conventional society."

"Starving artists, in their messy loft studio, with paint covered torn jeans and big messy hair, create work that is more important than artists who sell their work."

That's nonsense.

That is a story kept alive by artists who are too afraid to go out into the world and be vulnerable...so they hide behind the story that they are somehow doing the world a favor by keeping themselves small and hidden. That their art will somehow transcend space and time and project itself from the studio into the world without the help of the artist.

I wonder how many artists would have found success while living if they had dropped the starving artist story and showed their work to the world. Instead, it took their death to get them out of the way to share the work they had been holding back.

When you create art from within and share it with your story, you cannot help but connect with people who want to own it, and live with it, and feel what it feels like to have it near them.

People pay for that.

The money exchanged for art is not for the art itself, or the artists time, or the artist's effort, or how much money the artist has or doesn't have...the money paid for art is for the value it creates for the collector..and the value your art creates for the collector is a feeling.

Making money in your art business means that people are willing to exchange money for the feeling your artwork creates for them.

Making money in your art business means that whatever energy you put into the work, is being felt by others in this world, and as a reward for that, you get paid.

And when you make money, you get options...such as, making more art, supporting your art business, traveling, living life to it's fullest.

The money you create in your art business is a measure of how much value, how much transformation, how much feeling and energy you've put into the world.

Don't be shy about making money.

You are an artist...go and sell out. Sell it all. Help people like crazy. Make a difference in the world. Tell you story and show your work as often as possible to whoever will look at it.

Money is simply a byproduct of how much love and value you are willing to put out into the world.