It's not selling out...it's selling.

Personally, I don't care how "deep" someone's art is, if it's of no interest to me, why the heck do I care?

The only time an artist can truly be fulfilled and not "sell out" is when what he/she creates happens to coincide with what people are interested in...and interested in buying.

Kind of like my black wayfarer eyeglasses. Girls thought I was so trendy. They didn't know that I'd been wearing them for years before not as a fashion statement, but because they were the ONLY frames that I could get to fit my huge head. I sort of stumbled into it. Awesome. But, it's gonna suck a year or two from now when that look is dated and hated. Oh well.

So, people will "get you" when the stuff you like to do coincides with what people like. Until then you can be frustrated or make sh*t that they like. They do have the money after all.