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A rose by any other name...
The designation of artist is so overused it ceases to have any meaning today. We have performance artists, make up artists, conceptual artists, digital artists. Carpenters, haircutters, landscapers, chefs and house painters are all considered artists in our society.
I couldn't care less what is or isn't considered art or who is or isn't deemed an artist. To me an artist is someone who defines themselves as the creator of ART. Artists think the work they create is significant and meaningful. However, since we live in a universe that is billions of years old and stretches infinitely how significant can any of our achievements be? To believe so is, IMHO, delusional at best.
A painter is someone who is involved in the act of creating paintings. Paintings are made by applying paint to a ground and therefore are not part of the digital realm. Digital artists are not painters. Whatever else they choose to call themselves has absolutely no significance, as far as I'm concerned.
I'm just happy to be a painter.
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