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As we grew older and especially around our birthdays we tend to ponder our existence. This is true for me, as my birthday passed last week. We maybe look at the medications lining the bathroom countertop and realize that there is a finite limit to our lives. The ache of arthritis and high blood pressure are a constant reminder of my position on the yardstick of life. I'm feeling about 27" into it. Looking into the mirror in the morning and wonder who's looking back is also a constant reminder because it certainly isn't the long curly blond haired kid with long sideburns and bell bottom blue jeans.

 

I'm still not always sure who's looking back in that mirror, but I do know he is much more thoughtful and deliberate. Being an artist I do know one thing for sure. The art an artist creates is a picture window into the artist very soul, their mind. All of us standing on the outside get to see how an artist views and feels about the world on the inside through their art. The art an artist creates is a magnificent recording device of the artist's emotional existence. This is especially true for the life long artists as we can see the changes in his/her mindset over a lifetime. His/her use of color, technique, subject matter and how the culmination of all these attributes change over time.

 

Of course, for the casual viewer (most people) the art left behind by an artist may not be pondered or considered much more than it being a pretty picture. So, consider this. An artist work is as unique as a fingerprint. It is a fingerprint in a dimension of time. It really can't be duplicated or recreated with the artist emotions, skill, technique or style. An artist work of art is unique and whether it is considered to be good or bad art is open to interpretation of the viewer. It is still rare and unique.

 

So, here is the point of this blog. At the risk of sounding morbid, I wanted to point out that each artist's work is very unique to the individual, like a fingerprint or DNA. During an artist lifetime there will be a limit, a set quantity of work created. At an artist time of death, all is lost. The unique set of skills and experience of an artist lifetime will be gone and never recreated. This is the reason you and I will never own a Winslow Homer or a JMW Turner painting. The value of their work has skyrocketed because of the loss of their unique skills and a limited quantity of their work. All of their work that exist is all that will ever exist.

 

So, here is my other point. Contact me right away and purchase one of my paintings/drawings before its too late. HA HA, I couldn't resist. Here's the deal. The older I get while fighting my increasing arthritic pain, high blood pressure, pandemics and every other obstacle, my goal is to ride to the end of my life leaving behind the very best art I can produce. I know there will only be a limited quantity and I know the value will increase no matter how well known I am as an artist. Simply based on supply and demand. Your best work should be your last work, but it does become increasingly difficult to produce quality work the older you get, but an artist skill level is ever increasing. Now you should have some understanding why a Vincent Van Gogh painting is worth 60 million dollars.

 

Happy Painting and My Best Regards,

Patrick Faile