I dedicate to painting. Frequently I sacrifice my sleep to painting. My average daily sleep is seldom more than five and a half hours. Still, with all my limitations, I manage to produce a decent portfolio of work throughout the year. So it depends.
Painting wins for a certain amount of hours starting in the early morning.
There isn't the whole year when the ideas are flowing and the painting process goes with ease and in conformity with the mind and thinking process. Most of the times it lasts only for a maximum of two months with me and then it goes away. So I have learned to listen to my inner voice and as soon as I feel an urge for painting I start. If the object is to survive as an artist you have to realize that art nowadays is media driven and not so much to do with quality. The idea is to get the television cameras and the reporters in your studio or gallery.