CMSA; Thanks for posting Sia Dreyfuss, this is actually the first time i've seen this on a public forum.....BRAVO TELL IT LIKE IT IS....explains why i and so many baby boomer artists are looking at bleak economic futures and living month to month with no health insurance, and why 99% of us have never managed to make a living without a day job, and why 99% of us go unrecognized (even after 43 years of full time painting i'm told i'm still "emerging" !!!)
I've been furious about this for years, also bitter and terribly frustrated ...trying to let it go though, it's been wreaking havoc with my heart for about 30 years now...please don't tell me the "remember van gogh" comment; it's the art world's final fuck you to wait til the artist dies to value her work, too little too late for the artist I think.