The owner informs him that he has both good and terrible news for him.

“The good news is that a man came by the studio today and made an offer to buy everything.” He only wanted my assurance that the work would be worth double what he paid if you died. I assured him they’d treble, if not triple, in value. So he purchased them all.”

The artist shouts, “Whoa!” “Wow, that’s wonderful. “What could possibly be the bad news?”

“The guy is your doctor,” the proprietor adds.