[Ali_ll]

Just to be 100% sure, you are selling a real life canvas made of cloth and painted with acrylic, not a NFT or other digital thing. $15,000 USD seems to be high, did you already sell other paints? Do you have more paintings (even if they are not for sale)? Instagram?

What is a "Steam Cleaning" startup?

Real Painting: Yes, 100%. It is a physical painting on 180g academic paper, painted with acrylics I bought with the little money I had left. It is not an NFT or any digital thing. Price ($15,000 USD): You are right, for the materials alone, the price is very high. But as I explained, I am not selling 'art' in the traditional sense; I am selling my only chance to start over. This amount is the seed capital I need to buy equipment and tools for my project, and to pay off the debts that accumulated after my injury. Regarding Instagram, I do not have an account for the project yet. As for other paintings, yes, I have some, but I haven't displayed them, and I used the same paints and paper for them. For your information, I am a 'Derrickman' (Roughneck) working in the mud and heat at a private oil company, and I am not a professional artist. This painting was an attempt to pull myself up from the situation I am in. As for the project, it is about establishing a business for renting carpet cleaning machines, which will be managed through social media. Steam Cleaning: This is my plan to earn a living now that I am unemployed and have a knee injury. The oil company let me go, and I have been without work or a source of income since September. I want to buy professional steam machines (like Bissell Industrial) to provide sterilization and cleaning services for homes and offices. I am just a man trying to trade his past struggles for a clean future. Buying this painting is a support for my story and my dream to stand on my feet again.

[gus_massa]

Here in Argentina every artist has an Instagram account where they post their artwork. They follow other artist and hope that they follow back. Also going to exibitions and talking to people is usefu. Anyway, transforming all that activity into sales is hard.

I'm not going to buy it, but I hope you can get some a future career as artist or in the cleaning business.

[Ali_ll]

Hello, how are you? Thank you for your reply and advice, but I am not selling the painting as just paper and paints, but as a story of hope for a young man who wants to change the course of his life after suffering an injury.