A Forum for Professional Painters and Serious Students

[Sharon Knettell]

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[Lon Haverly]

It seems to me that criticisms or critiques should be specific and constructive. This was neither. Your generalizations and negativity do not sell your expertise very well.

It would be better if you address people personally and specifically, rather than generally lambast people, websites and practices at large. It might help if you threw in a little encouragement now and then.

I don't know about you, but I still do this for fun, and I am a professional.

[Lon Haverly]

Originally Posted by Sharon Knettell

I assume this was addressed to me.

What shall I assume, that your negative generallities included me and my work and website? Why should I not think that? You were not specific.

[Lon Haverly]

Quite right.

[Richard Monro]

Sharon,

Your posting reminded me of a movie character (In Network?) whose famous line was, "I'm mad as hell and I am not going to take it anymore!" I had a mental picture of you foaming at the mouth with steam coming out of your ears as you wrote your post. Whew! This issue must be popping your blood pressure through the roof.

Here are some suggestions in reply to your post:

1 - Get our jury committee to tighten the juried member approval requirements

2 - Don't respond to member's posts that you don't consider professional or skilled enough.

3 - Work at your own high standards and just let artists whose work is not up to them slide by. It is not worth your physical, mental or emotional health to try and reform the entire group of artists that inhabit this forum. (Besides, it just won't happen!)

[Jeff Fuchs]

Hi Sharon,

Here's a little film to show you how hard I've been working. The names were changed to protect the pathetic.


http://www.undergroundfilm.org/films...ar&wid=1028027

[Michele Rushworth]

Great little film! Thanks for posting the link.

[Jeff Fuchs]

Thanks Michele. I can't tell you how often I stumble upon these nuggets on the web just as they apply to something current in my life.

[Alexandra Tyng]

Jeff, I loved the film, too. Thanks for posting it. I needed a laugh. I like your perspective.

[Steven Sweeney]

[Since most of the posts leading up to this one have been mysteriously purged over time, there's little point in leaving the original of this one.

8-28-06]