At $500 dollars, you might be paying for the framing, printing, and matting, plus the fact that the artist might be well known in the community and has people b

At $500 dollars, you might be paying for the framing, printing, and matting, plus the fact that the artist might be well known in the community and has people buying his work. Or they are just unreasonable. But I would hope there are local artists with more reasonably priced artwork.