One of the benefits of painting on hardboard is it's affordability. I paid less than $4 for a 2x4 foot sheet of hardboard the last time I bought some, and since I can get six boards this size out of it, I have less than $1 invested in this piece of artwork, paint included, which I will gladly sell to you for $100K; a nice Apple-like margin. The real value, however, is that I can paint a piece like this; basically just playing around with paint without worrying about wasting a much more expensive canvas on it. I suppose it could be argued that without having to think about the cost of materials I'm given license to put out slapdash rather than thoughtful paintings, but then slapdash is my style.
12x16" 30x40cm acrylic on hardboard
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