Ethics and art

[Kimberly Dow]

Allan -

If you get a good response - you're not going to change it are you? This isn't about competitions having a problem with 'reactions' to your work - it's about the artist getting help with the piece. Whether it is loved or hated, it is still mine. If I get comments that are geared towards getting me to fix parts of it - and then I do fix parts from someone else's guidance - then that is where a competition could have a problem with it. It is the area of ownership - who created this work.

And I think most would agree - even small changes from others critiques does not change the fact that it is your painting, but what if you run into a judge that disagrees? It is not worth taking a chance.

[Allan Rahbek]

Kim,

When my daughter was small she was crazy with horses. She wanted to go horse riding, and did so.

I remember a situation with one other little girl, at the school, riding a horse. Suddenly she asked; Tell me, who is actually deciding where the horse is going? She was sitting on top of it !

What I mean is that you know for your self if you painted that painting. If you cheated you will know. I know that you didn't and expect to see your paintings on future exhibitions.

Allan

[Kimberly Dow]

Allan,

No, I did not cheat. I believe changes I have made from critiques here are so minor no one could question it. I am just planning on not taking that chance in the future.