"Yeah, if, when it turns out it should be good," he said, smiling softly. He had great plans and he would get them to work. He hoped.
"Hey, I have to actually paint the things I show, you do realise that, right?" he protested gently. "Plus I sometimes get commissions too," he said. Not quite as many as he'd like, but they helped. So did the wonders of a good budget to spread out his concentrated income over a huge space of time.