Went to see my Goldfinger four painting hanging in the Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize at their Guild home yesterday before it transfers to the WH Patterson Gallery in Mayfair. £1,000 prize has come in handy as I’ve just acquired a new studio in Deptford. Be even better if the Prize Winner sticker persuades someone to part with the money, and buy it, though it is priced far higher than most of the show……heavens know what people expect for their work once the gallery takes their cut, it’s almost as though the prices are too low, making my price seem so inflated……doesn’t make sense to take the time to execute the work, take it to the handing-in, have it selected and then get less than £500 for it….plenty of hoops to get that far, why expect so little in return?
