tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848661769840929215.post8935733205389567326..comments2023-08-11T03:17:26.662-07:00Comments on Art Expressions By Pam: Sponsoring other pages with free art, what is the balance?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13461728305645472849noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848661769840929215.post-80478502029575710522011-01-29T13:58:52.095-08:002011-01-29T13:58:52.095-08:00I am a small person trying to make a living on pai...I am a small person trying to make a living on painting - I spent all of my money earned to purchase paint and canvas - and gave a way many paintings to people asking and to promote my art - Each painting takes at least 6 hrs to produce and I work full time to pay the bills, and paint every night for this is my dream job, it pays for supplies - there has been no financial gain. after 12 months of painting - paying for ads, giving of my time and % to rescue, I have 500.00 to show for my over 1,000 hrs of work. So, you see asking new artists to give is asking to paint for free. Work is hard - making a living as an artist is even harder. We cannot make any money if we give away all of our time effort and supplies for free.<br />I do share my God given talent, and have given away more than I can count to rescues but to earn a living I can't say YES to everyone. It is not sound business to give away your talent - and money every day. I have to earn money too, to continue my journey and to pay bills. I'm sure they appreciate me painting for hours on end for free- but that doesn't put food on my table or make my paintings worth more money or my sales increase.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13461728305645472849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848661769840929215.post-41164295905778660722011-01-29T07:01:27.634-08:002011-01-29T07:01:27.634-08:00As a small non profit org, I have to comment to th...As a small non profit org, I have to comment to this. I am always asking for donations since it seems the bigger organizations get the grants.<br /> <br />Like you...but more so....I travel all over the Mid South using my deaf dogs to promote Fire Safety and Dog Bite Prevention. I pay for everything out of my pocket. When my dogs work with hospice kids 60 miles away, the travel expense comes out of my pocket.<br />When I wonder why I do everything with no financial gain, I remember why I started this org in the first place. Not everything we do has a price tag......God gives us a gift and we use it. <br />To offer the smaller organizations your work or donations, you might find, will be appreciated more.<br />Respectfully,<br />Patricia<br />We are on FB and have a websitePatriciahttp://tnsafetyspotters.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8848661769840929215.post-10075932562483432092011-01-19T18:58:59.465-08:002011-01-19T18:58:59.465-08:00FabFabwcharleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16505262740692006050noreply@blogger.com