Why do you think nobody is lamenting that you can't make a living off of landscape painting? Lot's of people want to be professional artists. Some percentage of

Why do you think nobody is lamenting that you can't make a living off of landscape painting? Lot's of people want to be professional artists. Some percentage of them actually are able to make a living off of it. I think most artists would tell you that if people couldn't make a living as visual artists, the quality of new art in the world would decrease tremendously. Painting is a craft - it takes a lot of training to develop the skills. It also takes a ton of work to develop one's own style. Then there's the whole business part of marketing the work. Very few great artists would have been able to reach their level of quality just doing it as a hobby.