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🟠 isolabellart isolabellart@isolabellart.it.com 3 months ago
Someone asked me: "How do you decide the price of a painting?" Sincerely, it's not only math. It's not just time + materials. It's: how much of myself did I put in there? Is a painting I struggled with for weeks worth more than one that came easily? Not always. Sometimes the simplest painting is the most honest. And honesty has no price. But it must have a price to be exchanged. So I choose a number that feels right. Not too low to devalue the work. Not too high to exclude those who truly love it. And then I let it go. #art #artstr #painting #isolabellart

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E 3 months ago
I had a similar conversation with a friend who is a tattoo artist. People would question his prices, but he was one of the best in the area and had 20 yrs experience. This also meant he was efficient and fast. People that are not artists don't understand that art isn't time + materials. You are paying for the 20 years of experience that it takes to get that quality.
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E 3 months ago
I understand completely the thinking you are doing. However, from an outside perspective it sounds like self-deprecating thinking. Question some assumptions you may have: WHY can you not make your 30 years of experience count? HOW do you know they would cost too much? Only trying to help and again, I completely understand as I was never able to solve this problem either with my work, but may be a worth exercise to try and sit with it.
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