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I think people don't expect someone to be a professional painter. I think a lot of non-artist people think painting plus exhibiting and earning is some thing rather fantastical - something you read about but don't encounter personally.
I have a new friend who I told about my being an exhibiting painter, and even told her about my degrees in art, which I thought were the obvious indication of my level of professionalism. Then a week or two later I showed her my paintings and she was really quite taken aback - she told me she when I mentioned what I did, she though I dabbled in art.
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I also don't refer to my painting as job, though. I do refer to it as working, but never really a job. I don't call it a hobby either. I love working (at my art, teaching etc.) but I really dislike doing a job (which reminds me of my time as an insurance clerk).
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