New member Ngaire Winwood posed this issue in another thread, and I thought it worth offering up in the Cafe to solicit insights from practitioners who are up on the front lines. I know that I've heard some harrowing accounts lately from some pretty accomplished painters.
Quote:
|
I was speaking to a photographer recently and he was saying that portrait art is a dying art, why bother, as photography colours/paper etc now last for a couple of hundred years without fading. Most people can't afford painted portraits, so why bother etc because most people don't need painted portraits etc. Of course, I explained there two different mediums, styles etc. but he was smug about already predicting the failure of my upcoming (next 5 years or so) business venture (when I ever get good enough of course). What is your opinion Steven or does anyone else like to comment on portaiture's prosperity?
|