Ethics and art

[Kimberly Dow]

Marvin -

Have I mentioned how much I like your portrait of Sylvia? (cha-ching!)
That portrait of Mr. Fishbach is OK also, I suppose. (cha-ching!)
Oh! And the one of Eric - lovely! (cha-ching!)

I don't take personal checks, but a money order would be fine. That's Kimberly, K-I-M-B-E-R-L-Y.

I owe people here ...hmmm...with the award money I have won this year...approximately .24 cents each, but Sharon I owe $1.73.

[Claudemir Bonfim]

I understand your preoccupation about the subject, but no matter how many suggestions you get here, you decide which ones are valuable and which ones aren

[Linda Brandon]

Hi Kim,

I think that you're confusing the solicitation of opinion with asking for actual advice. I would argue that advice is something that you pay for; therefore, advice from, say, a workshop teacher is "advice" and other comments would be "opinion". I think that everything on the Forum constitutes "opinion", not "advice". In any event you're not compelled to take any recommendations from anybody and in many cases taking somebody's opinion would make a painting worse, not better. No artist can live in a vacuum and do great work, and nobody should expect them to.

Just thinking out loud here... just my opinion.