matthewski's hope

[mweinstone]

i just asked a dear friend to lend me 200,000.00$ thats alot of money. its crazy i know but he offered once to help me find a way out of my tax problem. so i wrapped up a few pictures as a gift and wrote a proposal about how i belive in my art so much that i should be able to pay the money back this life. its a smaller amount to him than me of course. and hes a philanthropist. and i love them alot. and i have known them for the longest of anyone alive. since i was 17 or 18. and their son greg was a mountaneer. and i feel he may go for the crazy idea of helping me for the sake of me, and my art. and cause hes just that cool. so im on my way over to his house and ill find out in the next few days or weeks depending on if hes around,...weather i could possibly thruhike this april . if so,... ilove you all. if not, i will double my work efforts and deal with this debt so i can at least thru hike once in this life. cross your dirtyest hiker fingers please.

[the goat]

$200K can buy a lot of bumble bars

[Lone Wolf]

thru-hikin' ain't all it's cracked up to be

[rafe]

how'd you end up $200 thousand in debt?

[ed bell]

I thought it was 70 grand, matty?

[Sly]

I thought it was 70 grand, matty?

70K to pay his back taxes, 130K for a proper thru-hike!

[NICKTHEGREEK]

I thought it was 70 grand, matty?

200 is how he spells 70

[warraghiyagey]

Matty, hope you find yourself on your AT hike this year. Wishes,
Peace

[Jason of the Woods]

I'm sure that you are a nice guy and all but at 46 don't you think if your "art" was going to take off it would have by now. I only say this living with a successful artist. My fiance is a showing artist and by no means is that our primary income. While we do make extra money from that it isn't the bread and butter. Very few artists are actually able to make a living as just an artist. I would say that you, at your age especially, need to take a long hard look at what you are doing in life. Maybe it would be a good idea to skip a through hike this year and get a job and pay your own debt. While your friend may have extra money to burn is it fair to take his money? Best of luck to you man.

[warraghiyagey]

Yikes. . .

[the goat]

I'm sure that you are a nice guy and all but at 46 don't you think if your "art" was going to take off it would have by now. I only say this living with a successful artist. My fiance is a showing artist and by no means is that our primary income. While we do make extra money from that it isn't the bread and butter. Very few artists are actually able to make a living as just an artist. I would say that you, at your age especially, need to take a long hard look at what you are doing in life. Maybe it would be a good idea to skip a through hike this year and get a job and pay your own debt. While your friend may have extra money to burn is it fair to take his money? Best of luck to you man.

matt has a good job & has been paying down his debt for a while.

his art is phenominal, too, i've seen many of his works.

how much of his work have you seen, jerk0ff of the woods?

[Jason of the Woods]

Whoa there Tough Guy. Easy. The guy is 46 and decided to post something like that on a public forum. What was he expecting? I unfortunately can't run to my friends when I need 200,000 so I don't have a lot of sympathy. It's just not realistic. As far as his work goes I'm sure that it is good, maybe even great. Like I said before my other half's work is great and shows constantly but it does not pay our bills. I did look for his work before I posted but it is not posted in his photos. C'mon Man!


Besides the fact

matt has a good job & has been paying down his debt for a while.

his art is phenominal, too, i've seen many of his works.

how much of his work have you seen, jerk0ff of the woods?

[Survivor Dave]

I hear what you are saying SD, but you gotta realize Matty has been working. Removing asbestos and related junk from buildings needing renovations. That is what I understand, maybe I'm not quite accurate, but I think I'm close.

You pay your debts FIRST, then you buy the 'Vette.

Whoa there Tough Guy. Easy. The guy is 46 and decided to post something like that on a public forum. What was he expecting? I unfortunately can't run to my friends when I need 200,000 so I don't have a lot of sympathy. It's just not realistic. As far as his work goes I'm sure that it is good, maybe even great. Like I said before my other half's work is great and shows constantly but it does not pay our bills. I did look for his work before I posted but it is not posted in his photos. C'mon Man!


Besides the fact

JOTW,

EXACTLY!

[warraghiyagey]

It is a public forum for sure. But the energy is all yours. Matt is a friend I've never met. Yours too if you choose, I suspect. But that's not how friends talk to each other.
It's more indicative of self-righteous bullies who know the 'right' thing simply because that's how 'they' do it.

[Jason of the Woods]

Where I come from that is exactly the way that friends talk to each other. Otherwise you have friends who ask you for 200,000. I have been on my own since 18 and working since about 10(family business), so for me this is just ridiculous. I'm not being mean just honest. I am a friend to everyone, especially fellow artsy folks!

It is a public forum for sure. But the energy is all yours. Matt is a friend I've never met. Yours too if you choose, I suspect. But that's not how friends talk to each other.
It's more indicative of self-righteous bullies who know the 'right' thing simply because that's how 'they' do it.

[Heater]

Whoa there Tough Guy. Easy. The guy is 46 and decided to post something like that on a public forum. What was he expecting? I unfortunately can't run to my friends when I need 200,000 so I don't have a lot of sympathy. It's just not realistic. As far as his work goes I'm sure that it is good, maybe even great. Like I said before my other half's work is great and shows constantly but it does not pay our bills. I did look for his work before I posted but it is not posted in his photos. C'mon Man!


Besides the fact

Matthewski's Art

[rafe]

Matthewski's Art

D'ja check out the prices? Wonder how many he sells...

[Kirby]

Very blunt indeed, perhaps better said VIA a PM.

Kirby

[warraghiyagey]

Very blunt indeed, perhaps better said VIA a PM.

Kirby

Well said B-Kirb

[mweinstone]

my father is a famous artist that comands 7 digit prices. my mother was an artist of smaller note who sold peices for only thousands. my art was seen twice by andrew wyeth. ten or fifteen years ago. he is americas formost living realist painter. that means he comands the top prices. his exact words to me then were," your art is amazing and incredible" " you should market and patent your signature" " you will have no truble in the art world"
i take that for what it is. one mans voice. but god told me to be what i am. and im really good at it. and my friend john is very very wealthy and asked to help. and i love him and terry and will still after we discuss this. im back from dropping off the pictures and the note. now im upset. its not nice too ask for such help. i never did. and its 79 thousand to the fed. 39 thousand to the city and current taxes for my 53 thousand i just earned. plus the 20 thousand i charged to clear and get current with the state so i could make the payment arrangement i have. but its climbing each day. and wearing on my soul. and i have come this far without a lawer and with my above 800 credit score intact.