On An Artist's Self Promotion

With the early, growing commercialism of the Christmas season, is it wrong for an artist like me to market his artwork and/or services?  Usually I'm very busy each holiday season with commissions, until this year, probably because of the economy, the limited appeal of my subject matter---who knows?


I recall when I decided to leave the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in late 1981 to attend Northern Illinois University to purse a commercial art degree, several of my friends called me a 'prostitute,' as I my goal was to have a 9-5 job creating art (remember, this is before PC's, Macs and Illustrator).   I only wanted to have a career in art, to somehow create things. I didn't originally intend to even do female nudes!


Now, working a regular job in marketing, learning art programs on the fly, I still get great satisfaction creating images of female nudes----what I consider the most beautiful of God's creations.  And while it's very nice that people have purchased art from me, I still just enjoy  drawing!


Please forgive my shameless self-promotion.  As it is the holiday season,  I do have some art available for gift giving this year.  I have a couple  13" x 19" photo prints available of Lindsey Vuolo & Carlotta Champagne for only $10 (plus $3 shipping).  Limited supplies available. Contact me www.erotic-pinups.com for information.  Happy Holidays, all!