Art is important for many reasons. First, art fosters creativity, and that encourages invention. Also, art can be used for therapy; whether you are recovering drug addict or you are suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, doing art can be a healthy outlet.
Some artists do art for their pleasure. Others make enough to support their hobby and a bit more. Like Picasso, the most famous artists can sell their artwork from a low end of $140k to a high end of $140 million. I would need to hit the mega jackpot at an www.12bet.com to afford a Picasso.
But regardless of why a person gets into art, Art is not a dying art.
Hunter Biden is an example of an artist that used art to better this life.
Who is Hunter Biden?
Hunter Biden is President Biden’s son who has had a history of being a drug addict and a pornography addiction. Within the last year, he recently learned to paint during his drug rehabilitation therapy. If Hunter Biden is genuinely no longer doing illegal drugs and is no longer producing pornography, then it is significant that he is now focusing his energy on making works of art.
How much are Hunter Biden’s artworks selling for?
On 7 Oct 2021, Hunter Biden’s artworks sold for $75k each. On 14 Aug 2021, Hunter Biden’s Artwork was sold for $500,000. The cheapest Picasso painting sells for $140,000, and the most expensive sells for $140 million. Take a look at all of the other artists on this website. I see prices from around $90 to $3000. Nowhere even close to $500,000 or even $75, and most of the artists on this site have been making their trade for a lot longer than Hunter Biden.
But let’s face it. Although it is excellent that Hunter Biden found something more productive to do with his life than do coke and create pornography, I do not think that there is a single artist on this website that honestly believes that after only one year of creating art, Hunter Biden’s paintings are worth $500,000 or even $75,000 each.
What style of painting does Hunter Biden do?
“Working on canvas, metal, and Japanese Yupo paper, Biden’s artworks are often layered, with elements of photography, painting, collage, and poetry. Some are geometric abstractions, filled with patterns and somewhat hallucinogenic. Others depict trees, leaves, and body parts like outstretched arms.”
“The universal truth is that everything is connected and that there’s something that goes far beyond what is our five senses and that connects us all,” he said. “The thing that fascinates me is the connection between the macro and the micro, and how these patterns repeat themselves over and over.”
Hunter Biden’s artwork is lovely to look at, but I do not believe that they are better or worse than any other artist displayed on this website—in other words, selling his artwork in the range that other artists on this website are selling their artwork.
Is Hunter Biden’s artwork worth the price?
Anyone who is being honest knows that the people are buying Hunter Biden’s artwork and not paying for the piece of art (even if they actually like the art). Instead, they are paying for access to Joe Biden, the current President of the United States.
“Hunter Biden was reportedly paid $83,333 per month after being hired in 2014 by Burisma Holdings, one of Ukraine’s largest natural gas companies, while serving as a non-executive “ceremonial figure” with a “powerful name,” All told, the Ukraine company paid $3.4 million to Rosemont Seneca Bohai LLC, a company headed by Hunter Biden business partner Devon Archer. Between April 2014 and November 2015, Biden and Archer each received monthly $83,333 for “consulting services.”
Ten percent was “for the big guy” (aka, Joe Biden).
So anybody paying $75k for Hunter Biden’s artwork is not genuinely interested in Hunter Biden’s artwork. Instead, they are interested in getting “access to the big guy.”
Summary
If Hunter Biden is no longer taking coke and is no longer creating pornography, then it is significant that he uses art as a healthy outlet.
But even if I were to say Hunter Biden’s artwork is lovely, I do not believe it is “better” than other artists on this website, for example, Mark Bartle — yea, I admit it. But, I am into superheroes — mother of 4 boys — so if I was going to buy a piece of art, and I would spend my money on a Mark Bartle painting over a Hunter Biden painting any day.