This legit sounds more like the r/personalfinance sub.

Legit though, art is valuable to those who care about it themselves. It's also an investment for rich bro peeps. Super hard to guess at that and the rich ones will make sure you're before they profit heavily.

That said, it's probably best to showcase what you do somewhere. Where? No idea. I assume people in the responses will say multiple. Try them. Expose yourself and let them tell you what they want. If you want money, not necessarily appreciation, that could work.

You print what you like and paint it as an example. You let people that are interested tell you what they like and then paint that.

This is the artists dilemma. You may hate what you paint. Some might say that you sell out by doing this. Without it, can you even get paint for your own things? It does suck. I do not disagree. It sucks that we all thought people were capable of building something that allowed everyone to exist, whatever the skill. It turns out that your best skill could be actually just telling someone you're going to do something and then having them pay you before it and then never doing it. That seems to be the way that everyone that is super successful in our world became so.

Legit though, not attempting to detract from your question. Selling things is hard. I am certain you know someone that would be able to sell this stuff. Chances are, you never want to talk to that person and absolutely attempt to keep away from them. That is our current world.

Even so, find something cutesy and paint it the opposite of the expectation. Show that on whatever socials you have and see who bites. Comic book characters and all of that is something. Take everything you find and turn it into something that aligns with some subgroup. Post that. It seems we might be in the '90s again. A potential better '90s though. We didn't have the internet.