Choosing the painting knife as a lifelong ambition, he sailed in this shallow sea.
Objectively, this caused Boggs to miss many opportunities.
Throughout his life, paintings of a high level could only fetch around fifty thousand US Dollars, and the most important award he received was the "Best Painting Innovation Award" at the 2006 Seattle Biennale, a rather insignificant award from a second-tier biennale.
Professor Boggs did have the fortune of participating twice in the New York Art Fair.
The total sales amounted to barely the price of a low-end Porsche 911.
Collectors were uncertain about the future appreciation potential of this non-mainstream painting style, and the response was relatively tepid.
Not to mention comparing with Jean Arnou, a million-dollar illustrator.
His personal achievements paled in comparison to the much younger Lady Anya.
However, it did grant Professor Boggs benefits that mainstream oil painters could rarely obtain.
