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Howabout "none of the above" ??
I chose the nearest true answer, (I am making a decent living as an artist) although it's not 100% true in the sense of the poll, hence my elaboration.
I went to art school partly because it was a "backup strategy" (you can always teach, if nothing else) partly because my parents and I perceived the value of a BA degree, and partly because my Dad expected a local U art school to pick up for me in 1966 where he had left off in 1942 . . .
Since my Dad had been instructing me nearly since I was able to grasp a pencil, much of the technical inadequacy of my university art school experience didn't have much impact for me. Before matriculating, I could draw reasonably well, I had been painting for years, and in my early 'teens I had attended several workshops given by noteworthy artists.
I left the university short of an MFA, and pursued a career in commercial art and sign-making, establishing my own shop in 1972. It certainly doesn't qualify as a career in "fine art", but it is art-related, and I have made a reasonably good living since.
The computer has removed much of the joy of direct-skills illustration and sign layout and execution, as well as lowering the bar for that class of work to the current dismal levels. It's mostly in self-defense that I've concentrated much energy the last 6-7 years on easel painting, and although this facet of my work effort has not yet been notably profitable, it is exceptionally soul-satisfying!
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Hybrid Mode
