Paul Butzi (Musings on Photography) describes one sort of art buyer:

But there’s one category I know about that no one else seems to think of: people who buy artworks because they want to be artists/photographers/painters by proxy. They want to be the sort of person who’s out on the beach at dawn, seeing how wonderful God’s creation looks as the sea breeze starts to stir and the fog starts to burn off over the ocean but lingers in the trees. The problem is that they’ve discovered that at dawn, on the beach, when the sea breeze starts to stir and the fog starts to burn off, it’s often cold and wet and dark and fairly nasty- any sensible person would be in bed, fast asleep, and not out in the cold and wet and dark witnessing God’s creation.

While not at all sensible, I think I like to be the sort who is on the beach at dawn… ;-)

By the way, visit the original article by clicking the title link above, and enjoy the beautiful monochrome photo that Paul Butzi has included with his post.
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