Day of Artists' Patrons

Who says the days of Artists having patrons are over, they just change with the times.  I know i have a big fan and patron in New York. I think at last count he has six pieces of my work and he even lurk on my Facebook pages. I know this from his inquires of me recent post about getting a tablet to view source images as I work on my art.  He emailed to offer me one of his old  Ipads, of course I took it. I would be happy with the offer, even if it is not the newest one.  Now I will be able to view images and listen to music as I work. Although we as artist do not live in a time where patrons do not support us on a daily bases, they still  exist.  THANK YOU