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...of course I am listening, I have SO MUCH to learn that I have to think of it as a new language. Like learning Spanish, it requires a lot of rote memorization, a lot of practicing the basics, numbers, verb conjugations. I think we all love that stuff, though--we love the basics, we love the medium, we love the tactile.
I hope one day to be as fluent in paint as the artists who are listed on this site, and those who participate by posting their opinions on this Forum.
There are so many different voices on this site, and so many different levels of expertise/experience, it's an INCREDIBLE resource.
As for the photographs, I am not as talented a photographer as you, Alicia, so I'm not as tempted to show clients the shots, it's just not that big of an issue.
As for Kincade, this country has a certain infatuation with "consistency", which is a nice way of labeling the "homogenous" or the "predictable". People demand it. In the suburbs, everyone shops at Sams, and therefore everyone has the same clutter in their houses/yards. Consumers are like kids--we see Jane has a spotted dog, therefore we have to have a spotted dog. Capitalism almost demands the "generic."
But I am not an economist. Artists comprise a very small percentage of the workforce. Realist artists comprise an even smaller percent of that group. You're very lucky, Alicia, to be able to meet colleagues through this site! I don't think any of us shrinks away from being the isolated opinion.
In a week we get to take a road trip, a drive to remote northern Oklahoma for summer vacation, to visit my retired parents, and the drive will take us through the deepest south, Atlanta, Memphis. I really miss the south and look forward to the drive through real southern heritage (as opposed to my Florida of scrub palmettos and Cadillacs).
Anyways, I'll miss visiting this great site but I'll really enjoy the change of scenery, the southern mansions, the real oak and maple trees, the 80-degree weather, the hills, and whatever version of Cafe Guerbois I find near Ponca City, among cattle and dairy farmers, and their wives and children.
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