I Am Determined To Become An Old Master!

This has to be the most logical approach. You don’t have to study, you don’t have to buy knowledge from anyone else, you just get in these and do it all by yourself. It’s a simple money-making strategy. You put your own talents out to work for you!

 

I have been painting since I was a kid. There have always been paints and brushes in my room and I never hesitated to pick up a brush and start daubing at a sheet of paper or a canvas. My parents were proud of me and there are a few very old paintings of mine hanging in their home and in the homes of various aunts and uncles who couldn’t say no. Now that I’m in my fifties and still looking for a way to make some good money, I have decided that I must seriously use my talent.

 

I handed in my resignation at the office today, and on Sunday, January 1^st 2012, you will find me in my studio creating “old masters”. I have built up quite a stock already and I want to add to it so that I can hold an exhibition with a nice variety of paintings to offer to buyers and dealers. I have many of my older works too, but many of them just don’t have what it takes to make them great, that spark that makes people want to hang them on their walls. 

 

I am organizing my first exhibition and the problems are many. First of all I have to find a good venue, one with proper lighting and other amenities. It must have a decent floor and be located where people want to come, where it is convenient s and where there is parking. Then there is the matter of framing. Paintings on canvas must be framed, otherwise they look cheap and nasty and I want them to look expensive and great. Framing is unbelievably expensive. I have done a deal with a joinery shop instead of a framer. They will put a nice pine frame around each canvas.

 

I’m thinking about a cheese and wine ‘do’ for the opening and I have spoken to my next door neighbor who does spare time catering for small affairs, to see what she can suggest and give me an estimate for a modest party. I still have to think about an invitation list and design invitations in order to get a quote from the printer. And then there is the matter of advertising. Finally I need a curator, known to be very expensive individuals, who will put the whole thing together for me and allow me to get back to my easel and continue working. In my wildest dreams about exhibitions, I never thought about half these items. And I’m sure there are many items I still haven’t covered…  

 

So this exhibition will be one that kicks of in the bank manager’s office with a request for a loan…