In a world where Art is only “Proper” if its one of a kind , I have developed a cunning plan !
This plan relies on resources that are plentiful in the modern world and immediately replenish-able , for once I am one step ahead , I have decided to buy all existing supplies of stretched canvases and buy all other canvases in all sizes that will be made in the foreseeable future , I have decided against buying all the acrylic and oil based paints in the world as these will become worthless without my “Specially Primed” canvases to paint upon !
This time next year Rodney …
Having secured the world supply for all canvases I will control the sale of them very carefully and inflate the price , obviously !
Having cornered the market I will sell each canvas to anyone daft enough to meet my artificially inflated price and promise to sell their “Proper Art Works” painted on “Proper” canvas to those who must possess these one off pieces of “Proper” Art at any price !
Everyone will admire how magnificent the “Proper” Art looks on the “Proper” canvases that are sold on a my “Proper” website , these once worthless artworks will become so valuable that folk will frequently steal them on a wholesale basis , clean the art off and re-sell them , it turns out that the “Special” canvases are actually worth more than the Art painted upon them ?
Who knew ?
Bugger , it seems that this cunning plan has not created the monopoly I envisaged , those pesky artists have started painting on paper , cardboard , hardboard etc , worse still folk are still buying Art despite it not being painted on my “Proper” canvases !
Sadly the price of canvases has dropped back to their “Proper” prices and the replenish-able abundance of vanity , greed and stupidity has receded , in fact it has almost vanished , in short the status quo has returned , canvas dealers still make a few quid from dealing in art supplies but not ART …
Bloody canvases , I’ve still got loads of them , their value has dropped back a bit but people seem quite keen on them without the art thankfully, I reckon what the world needs is a 21st century digital version of this “Cunning plan” , it could make someone a fortune …
I’m currently buying paintings that are painted on twenty pound notes for five pounds each if anyone’s interested , I love “Helping” artists me …
I can remember when photos on plates were all the rage , funny old world …
This time next year Rodney …
PS : It would not surprise me if a scheme similar to the one above made some folk loads of cash , I sincerely hope those folk are creative folk but I fear the Stretched Canvas Manufacturers and the Early Investors will be the ultimate winners …
Good luck to any photographers giving this new NFT thing a go …
I’ll be mainly painting on cardboard during 2022 , I can’t afford those “Special” canvases …