Are you too old to make money with your talent?
“Do what you love and the money will follow” I’m sure you heard those words before. But is it true?
Anna Mary Robertson Moses better known as “Grandma Moses” loved to paint. But this hard working farm girl was told by her father to work hard and not draw. Her brothers even teased her about her interest in drawing. So Anna put her hobby away until she was 74 years old. She started painting when she developed arthritis and could no longer embroider pictures.
It wasn’t until four of her paintings were hung in the local drugstore window that she was discovered. She was 79 years old when she became a celebrity who’s paintings were sought after. Her paintings were her memories of the farm life. Simple rural farmland scenes.
One of her paintings went as high as 1.2 million dollars.
She died at 101 in 1961 with over thirty years of painting with 1500 works of art. One of the most famous self taught artists of the 20th century.
What talent are you putting off?
Further reading on Grandma Moses.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandma_Moses
http://www.gseart.com/moses.html
