If you appeal to a large audience, then you make money...who knows a big name company may also sponsor them..i.e. Montana or Belton. which can pay for trips or shows...but when you can sell a print on a canvas for 400...then you've made it...and with how good they are...I'm sure that selling they're art is a big part of they're income...but thats just a guess?...someday i hope to be where they are in the eye of the public...but who doesnt...i suppose only time will tell..