Money, Oops, I mean Monet troubles

I found out an interesting factoid about Claude Monet just recently that might be of interest to fellow artists. Even though Monet went through an early period of rejection, his work soon began to sell fairly well. But then something happened. France had a recession, and voila, Monet was broke again. However, he survived the recession and in his later years became quite a wealthy man. Wealthy enough to set up that little house in Giverny, with the famous gardens and ponds. Anyway, the point is, even for a talent like Monet there could be some hard times. So fellow artist if your sales have slumped a bit in this current recession, buck up. You are only in the middle of the movie of your life and maybe, just maybe, if you perservere you will reach the success you have been looking for.

One of my oil paintings that was partially inspired by Monet:

Carol's Path