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Mike,
Geez, you make me laugh! And considering I knocked my Mac Monitor off the desk this morning while trying to fix a broken mouse, and dropped my protein shake in my lap not 20 mins later, that's saying something!
I know about the lion heart 'cause I have been a street vendor for 20 years. I have painted children's faces for $5 a pop. Not portraits, mind you, actually held their beautiful cheeks in my hands and put paint on them in the shape of unicorns, dragons, etc. I made tons of money, lots of friends, and miss it alot. This 50 year old body will not take the hours of county fairs anymore and I thank it for that.
Sometimes I'd make $1500 per day if I was in the right market. It needed to be where the Dad would gently "boot" (for you) the kids in the fanny and say, "Sure, go ahead and paint 'em!"
One time I drove 12 hrs to San Diego, attended an up scale fine art show, thought I'd wow them with my face painting. I spent 4 days, tons of money and took in $3.00 THREE BUCKS! These well off people put the money in college funds rather than let them have a little fun. Interesting! Good lesson learned for sure!
Anyway...soon to hit the show circuit with more "real work" at fine art shows, and I'm excited. This time I'm being very careful to have the right work at the right price and lots of options for the customers.
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