I'm Famous!

I knew I was famous when someone recognized me in a strange restaurant 1,000 miles from home. They saw me on FAA and they were also a member. I did let it go to my head, but alas, fame is fleeting. Though it got me 2 shows at that restaurant.

Screw the fame. I go for the bucks.

I felt fleeting fame when I joined FAA and received an email asking if I was the same Wendy J. St. Christopher who's art was showing at yada yada. Then I realized that's not fame, it's just having a unique name. Ah, well -- back to the drawing board . . . I mean, the computer! ;-)


@Kevin, were you wearing your shades and one of those crazy cool shirts when you were recognized? Dress like a celebrity -- become a celebrity!

Marlene, my old fossilized bleached bones should be worth a pretty penny in a million years!

No I was dressed for house hunting, which was probably my usual of slacks and a cotton T. I like to be incognito, to keep my many fans at bay.

:-)

Kevin, keeping my fans at bay is a skill that I am very good at!

I can do without fame.

At least the kind of fame where people I don't recognize walk up to me in the grocery store... and I have to try to figure out whether I should know them from someplace or not... and smile and say something intelligent that doesn't give away the "secret" that I have absolutely no clue who this person is...

I will be most famous for being unknown.

I'm not interested in being famous either, but in most cases in order to sell your art you have to let go of your anonymity to a significant extent. Of course there are different levels of fame, we're talking artists here not Hollywood celebrities. Most people wouldn't recognize Hurst or Koonz walking down the street but there are few that wouldn't recognize Tom Cruise.

im also famous becouse people from over 60 countries have seen my paintings given that i do it more as a hobbie than as a way earn my living and to pay my bills...........................lol

Jose are you sure people from over 60 other countries actually see your paintings? I know there aren't that many seeing mine, heck only maybe a dozen or so US states see mine.

David, over the past 8 years I have been contacted personally by people from all over the world about my art. Our images get out there more than we realize. You may be famous and not even know it.

Not according to the visitors stats. I recognize they are not all that accurate being dominated by bots but do the legit views show there as well? I'm not seeing many. I believe many more real people across the world see my art on Twitter than on FAA, but I don't believe there's any way to know for sure unless they favorite or retweet it.

No, I mean personal contact not just views, which of course are very nice. I have had people, artists and writers from places like Iran, Arab Emirates, India, Germany, and many more write to me. This of course does not include the many people who are from the US and Canada. Or my family and friends. If you mother doesn't love your art, who will?

David you need to set up a flag counter on your profile page,most of the boots are from kiez germany and bervelly hills

What's a flag counter going to do for me that looking through visitor's stats doesn't? Yes, I know where most of the bot views come from, Germany isn't the only other country bots hail from. Yes, I do get visits from other countries but very few and definitely not from 60 of them. Comments from other artists here are nice, but we're more like a social group here, being known primarily amongst your peers isn't really fame. But again, I'm not looking for fame, but loss of anonymity (unless you're Banksy) is necessary for most artists to sell, especially to non-artists.

Having been both famous and impoverished at the same time, I'll happily go with Marlene's advice.

There are some wealthy taxi drivers who keep their day job because it gets them out of the house and experiencing some interesting aspects of the daily/nightly world.

But healthy, wealthy and wise they say - no hassles with a stash of cash, people who don't know you don't try to claim you, and you go through life with minimum fuss.

(Does artistic fame beat Hollywood actor style fame? I'd say it's pretty conclusive)

Those bones will be a dime a dozen. The sharks teeth of the future.

The ape like creatures trying to dig a garden plot will keep hitting them and exclaim "Dang another freaken homo sapien bone. How many of those animals were there? They must have been like cockroaches. At least I didn't hit a piece of artwork."

Kevin, I think you are right. Sometimes we have more of a presence then we realize.

I agree Ed, once humans finally go extinct most of the world will be lousy with our bones.

The only difference being, cockroaches survived the cataclysm...

Joe Burgess
J.B. Imagery

Ed, Kevin, but if you don't know you're famous are you really?

I guess its all a state of mind. I've had people invite me to be in a group show in another state, feature me in their online magazine, ask me to use images for a local art alliance. Who knows, most people are probably quiet lurkers.

Some of us might be famous for providing the overseas art factories with material. I can see it now, a group of copycats sitting round the lunch table excitedly talking about the new material just posted.

Mike is rather famous or infamous around these parts.

Joe:
"The only difference being, cockroaches survived the cataclysm... "

If our art survives the cataclysm, the cockroaches will appreciate it. Art tastes good to cockroaches.

Sounds like you are already famous Ed, congrats. Mike is famous, he has thousands of followers, he's only infamous here.

David K,

Famous artists only hurt the ones they love. I have seen it written that three people from Picasso's inner circle committed suicide when he died.

Dave

I will be famous in the future - only if they can recombine the bones and ashes and ask me what I did with that STUFF

Ron,

Are the new phonebooks here?

Or did you become someone on Google?

LOL

Dave

I am not sure what everyone is talking about. Are you saying you are famous because of the views? People sell items here right, but they do other things as well right? I thought it was a complicated package that was involved.

Regina, I am just having fun, don't stress! Checked out your work, FYI, very nice!

If I am ever recognized it will undoubtedly be on one of those quick trips to the grocery store when I'm wearing my painting clothes, no make up and hair is a mess. When I silently pray, "dear God, please don't let me see anyone I know."

Yep, if I'm ever recognized that's when it would happen.

Kev, your attire on that day was impressive and the restaurant owners there do see you as a famous artist!

Thanks Vincent, now you have revealed yourself. I miss that restaraunt. Great lamb.

Those who are famous are only famous to the people who know and love them. My teenager mentions some famous person to me just about every day and I go "whose zat?" So to me they ain't famous at all.

I'm kind of famous around town for being the robot guy - at least among some of the middle schoolers.

Too true, dat.

I am really famous.

Everyone knows and respects me.
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That is - everyone in my family.

I'm going to medical school in Oregon. I will be harvested or that is what they tell me. I'm dedicating my body to science.

As far as famous...dunno about that. I'm lucky enough to make a salary that takes care of three people and pays out a college education easily, but famous? Not yet. I would hate to have to rely on art for money...that would be something as I've always made enough money. Although my work would make excellent totes, bath towels, welcome mats, waste baskets, shower curtains, duvets, sheets, curtains, wrapping paper, Kleenex boxes and décor, I think all of that stuff is made in China now with free or stolen art. One can buy amazing prints at any retail store today.

Good luck to all my fellow artists in making the bucks... salesmanship might be key. Fame would be much better for me.

I could not live off my art either, I'd end up living in my car, but some days that doesn't sound so bad, Adam Jewell does it. At least your artwork looks good on products, I don't think mine is really compatible is that sort of thing. Neither fame nor money is likely in the cards for this guy.