"Smiling Fish"
Fishy fishy fishy fish. Here's a fish
story: One time long ago, a rich man decided he wanted a nice
picture of a fish to hang on his wall. So he went to the most
famous artist in all the land and asked him- "Will you paint me
the most beautiful picture of a fish in the world?" The artist
said, "Of course! But it will be expensive, it will cost you
1,000,000 Rubles." The man said "I don't care what it costs, just
do it!" The artist said, "Alright then, pay me in advance, and
then come back in one year." So the man came back the next day,
handed over all the money, then left to wait. He waited an entire
year, through the summer, winter, spring and fall. Then exactly a
year later he returned to the artists home and knocked on the
door. The artist answered the door and said "Come in." The man
anxiously asked, "Is my fish ready? Did you do your best work?"
The artist replied, "Of course, sit here, I will have your fish
ready in a moment." The man sat next to a long table. The artist
left the room, then returned with a piece of paper, a brush, and
a pot of paint. The artist then dipped the brush in the paint,
and in one minute painted the most exquisite and most beautiful
picture of a fish imaginable. "Here is your painting, sir." The
man was stunned- in more ways than one! The man said "That
certainly is a most beautiful picture- but it only took you a
minute to paint! This is robbery! I won't pay you a million
rubles for a painting that takes you one minute!! This is
absurd!" The artist calmly put down his brush and said, "Come
with me for a moment." And led the man over to a large closet on
the other side of the room. The artist opened the door and out
fell thousands of pieces of paper with fish painted on
them.
"Smiling Fish"
Acrylic on paper, 3"x5",
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