Outsider Art Dealer / Collector / Ioema Collection

Being an artist is a scary thing to declare; it's much easier being a plumber or engineer or doctor. Not in doing.but in telling. When you say i am a plumber, everyone knows what you do. Same with a doctor or engineer. Most know why you do it, too. And possibly how much you make. But when you say I am an artist, peoples minds go mad, they twirl and shake and tilt. You can see it in the air escaping their wordless lips, in the ends of their hair. You can see the confusion in their faces and the way they shake and stand.