How to make money out of painting landscapes
This depicts a dry dock in the same town 1895. I applied a Turneresque look to the scene.
These paintings were also made into postcards and small prints for which I receive a small income.
Again, the painter should not be so elitist as to spurn such work. Society has, and always will, treasure such
efforts should they be atmospheric and definitive. With the right training a painter could always make a good
living traveling up and down the coast, or around the country just producing such pieces of work. You might find
the local Historical Societies are also interested in commissioning such work - they surely have a wealth of
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