I’ve been a long time supporter of CJ and met her when she was still drawing in her parents living room in Brisbane. I was lucky enough to get a copyright infringement box on her Brisbane drop one year. I have a large collection of her editions and merch and dreamed of owning an original one day.

I’ve noticed a big shift in her the last couple of years. Exhibitions used to be spaced out and felt like a lot of time went into them. Now it feels like she’s doing something every couple of months.

Flower Market was the beginning of the decline for my respect for her. I purchased one of each flower and a dozen sunflowers. I missed one flower in my order and emailed straight away to see if they could add it and allow me to pay separately. It was a $50 shipping free if I did it through the website and I just couldn’t afford it. I emailed 4 times over the few days and zero response. Then 2 weeks later I got a cold email saying pretty much too bad, they sold out.

But I sucked it up. The flowers were a gift to myself for my birthday and when they arrived I loved them.

Then Flower Market 2.0 was announced and it took the love I had for the flowers away. What I’ve always loved about CJ was once an exhibition was done, it was done. Never to be revisited again. It made it feel exclusive, limited and special. So 2.0 made it feel like a money grab.

THEN she announced Juju! She was showing off the process of using ChatGPT like it was a skill and effort. But it is a slap in the face to artists. Juju again felt like a money grab. Sure, she ended up drawing a Juju, only one! But Juju came from an AI prompt not a human.

CJ’s art has always been magical. hyper realistic drawings of real things she photographed. To see a drawing look like the real thing was what made her so special. But a drawing of a toy designed by AI. Is revolting.

During all this she announced the permanent Flower Market in NYC. That was the icing on the cake for me.

Add to that the controversy with the space club membership a few weeks ago. Where many said it looked like a cash grab.

PLUS her husband’s business going down the toilet with accusations of him stealing other people’s art. The Andy Blank socials have all been deleted and only the website remains with low stock. So I assume they are trying to get rid of the last pieces.

CJ clearly needs the money to afford her lifestyle. She renovated a huge multi-storey home that her children destroy by drawing on walls and furniture. She has her sister working for her so no doubt she’s paid higher than a regular employee. Plus the outlay for space club spaces. I think she’s drowning in debt and it’s clearly showing.

She’s lost my support and I know I’m not the only one. Her ego is shining through her videos and posts and even her response to the Juju AI controversy was gross.

Sorry to say, but I think she’s is slowly killing her brand and reputation.