Digital BW, The Print

Bill --
   
  You and are in agreement more than we are in disagreement.  Remember, all of my comments were preferenced with the understanding that one is trying to break into that illusive, hard to define "collector market".  Of course there are many varieties of collectors. I'm sure that you are aware of this but for some background on what I'm talking about go to http://www.aipad.com/conservation/.  Again, I'm clearly not talking about someone of our aquaintance or a local company collecting our work.  I'm talking about dealers of the stature to do business at AIPAD every year. 
   
  And yes, there are always artists for whom exceptions are made (to address Tyler's point). But for those of us still in the process of trying to establish a market for our work printing on a material that is of questionable longetivity and expecting to sell it is kind of like hoping to draw an inside straight in poker.  It could happen, but the odds are against you.  
   
  None of what I'm saying has any bearing on whether our art should be guided solely by market considerations.  If your vision is best expressed on newsprint or toliet paper then, by all means, use whatever medium you choose. Who knows, someone, somewhere may fall in love with your work and start collecting it. Or not. Be true to your vision and see what happens.  After all, that's all that any of us can do.




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