炒作在他活著時就開始了。In reality, if his painting activity was a healing process or for this purpose, it should have been much better to leave it as a private activity. Occasionally, he could sell a piece of two for a thousand dollars or two, even three. Publicizing and commercializing it turned a blessing into a cursing.
He was self taught, and had been doing it for only 5 or 6 years before his death. That says a lot.