Selling Prints Doesn’t Cheapen Your Art—It Spreads Your Revolution

Blog 9 of 10 from the Truth Bomb Series by Jools Teare

Let’s get one thing straight:
You are not selling out.
You are scaling up.

Every time someone says “Oh… do you just sell prints?” a glitter fairy loses its wings and I develop a twitch in my left eye.

No, darling.
I don’t just sell prints.
I distribute radical self-expression in a form you can bloody afford.

That’s not cheapening. That’s a public service.

🖕 The Myth of the “Starving Artist”

You know what keeps artists starving?
This ridiculous, outdated, classist idea that only originals count.
That “real art” is exclusive.
That it belongs in white cubes with £3k price tags and wine you’re not allowed to actually enjoy.

Let me tell you something:
Art doesn’t get less powerful because it’s available as a print.
It gets more powerful because more people get to own it.

You want a revolution?
Make it collectible.

🧨 Prints = Power, Not Compromise

When you sell a print, you’re not diluting your message.
You’re amplifying it.

You’re saying:

• “This isn’t just for the rich.”

• “You don’t need to live in London to connect with it.”

• “You’re allowed to see yourself in this, too.”

And let’s be honest—your people aren’t all buying originals at £2,000 a pop.
They’re single mums, queer teens, ADHD survivors, neurodivergent dreamers, misfits working three jobs and still making space on their walls for a little magic that feels like them.

You’re not selling out. You’re showing up.

🖌️ Accessibility Is Not the Enemy of Value

Want to know what’s actually cheap?
Mass-produced, soulless decor art from chain stores that cost £12.99 and say things like “Live Laugh Love” in a fake serif font.

But a signed, limited edition print from an actual living, breathing artist with something to say?

That’s a collector’s item in the making.
And every sale funds your future work. Your rent. Your medicine. Your next masterpiece. Your bloody groceries.

(Or your glitter budget. No judgement.)

👑 Own Your Empire

You’re not just making prints.
You’re building your own ecosystem.
One where you’re the artist, the distributor, the brand, and the permission-giver.

You don’t need a gallery’s approval.
You need a good printer, a Shopify link, and the nerve to believe your message is worthy of reproduction.

And let’s be honest, darling:
What’s more rebellious than taking the thing they said had to be rare and sacred—and putting it in everyone’s kitchen?

💭 Power-Up Prompt:

Where are you holding back from making your art more accessible—because someone convinced you it wasn’t “exclusive” enough?

💋 Shop the Prints. Join the Revolution.

My art prints aren’t lesser. They’re louder.
They're radical, glittery, unapologetic affirmations disguised as home decor.
Own one. Gift one. Build your wall of “fuck yes.”