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his boundless imagination, contributing to an ever-growing body of work. the doubling of both populations over the last 69 years and other
Conclusion: Several years ago, Sarah Newmeyer, the former publicity potential factors influencing an artist’s ability to live solely off their
director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, stated in her art, my research over the past 15 years still supports Newmeyer’s
book “Enjoying Modern Art” that it is doubtful if more than thirty or assertion. Considering Canada’s population is about one-tenth that
so artists in the United States make their living today solely from their of the United States, we might estimate that perhaps six Canadian
art. This observation was made in 1955 when the U.S. population artists make their living today solely by creating fine art. Yet, of those
was about 166 million and Canada’s was roughly 16 million. Despite six, how many have sustained such a career for over 55 years? By the
standard of pure professionalism and the ability to earn a substantial
living solely from painting, Paul Ygartua must be acknowledged as
 MARTINI LADY IN RED, 1999 ACRYLIC ON CANVAS 60X48 IN. | 152X121 CM. the most successful living Canadian artist.
MAN WITH BLACK DOG, 2002 ACRYLIC ON CANVAS 60X48 IN. | 152X121 CM.  M.D. Silverbrooke, West Vancouver, Canada, February 25, 2025
 THE VIOLINIST,1994 INK SKETCH ON CANVAS 24X30 IN. | 60X76 CM.
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