Death and Art Sales

Here's an interesting phenomenon. As I said in an earlier post, my artist friend, Ann King, died on Monday. When I heard the news, I suddenly felt like I had to have one of her paintings. It turns out that I'm not alone. A lot of people who knew Ann now want to buy her paintings. I think we want to have a piece of Ann -- something we can remember her by. And what is more personal than one's paintings? It proves my earlier point that death is a good career move for artists.

It occurred to me that perhaps I should have bought one of Ann's paintings while she was still alive. But buying art is an extravagance for me, and probably for a lot of other people, as well. It has become a now-or-never situation with Ann, which is why I'm now willing to spend the money. It's sad that Ann will never know how valuable her paintings are to so many people.

Here's one of Ann's paintings, titled "Gotta Tell You," 30" x 22":



I think her work is fabulous. I told her this while she was alive, but I wish I could have backed it up with purchases.