Comments on: Can Anyone Be a Painter? http://www.aertenart.com/2008/04/can-anyone-be-a-painter/ the art of Kelly Naylor Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:28:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kelly http://www.aertenart.com/2008/04/can-anyone-be-a-painter/comment-page-1/#comment-421 Kelly Sun, 20 Apr 2008 13:14:13 +0000 http://www.aertenart.com/2008/04/can-anyone-be-a-painter/#comment-421 @Jack... It may be a reflection on society in general, and not just our schools. "Dark" art is exhibited because it's what people want to see. Why? My art is more "happy and light" and people are less interested. It makes you wonder. Well, it makes ME wonder. What I'd say to your friend's daughter is this... "Success isn't worth selling your soul. Create the art that reflects who you are." @Jack… It may be a reflection on society in general, and not just our schools. “Dark” art is exhibited because it’s what people want to see. Why? My art is more “happy and light” and people are less interested. It makes you wonder. Well, it makes ME wonder. What I’d say to your friend’s daughter is this… “Success isn’t worth selling your soul. Create the art that reflects who you are.”

]]> By: Jack http://www.aertenart.com/2008/04/can-anyone-be-a-painter/comment-page-1/#comment-420 Jack Sun, 20 Apr 2008 06:51:35 +0000 http://www.aertenart.com/2008/04/can-anyone-be-a-painter/#comment-420 I attended a student art show at a university a while ago. My friend's daughter, who had done some beautiful etchings, told me she was worried that she would never be successful because she didn't have a dark soul. I probed until I discovered that those of her classmates who would have exhibitions at galleries during the summer (those with wealthy parents/patrons) all had dark subject matter. It's unfortunate that our teaching institutions fail so miseably in communicating a concept of value, no matter what the field may be. <em>Jack's last blog post..<a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ComicsLegendsAndLore/~3/273040140/there-were-as-m.html' rel="nofollow">There were as many different ways of producing a batik as there are Crayola crayons.</a></em> I attended a student art show at a university a while ago. My friend’s daughter, who had done some beautiful etchings, told me she was worried that she would never be successful because she didn’t have a dark soul. I probed until I discovered that those of her classmates who would have exhibitions at galleries during the summer (those with wealthy parents/patrons) all had dark subject matter. It’s unfortunate that our teaching institutions fail so miseably in communicating a concept of value, no matter what the field may be.

Jack’s last blog post..There were as many different ways of producing a batik as there are Crayola crayons.

]]> By: Kelly http://www.aertenart.com/2008/04/can-anyone-be-a-painter/comment-page-1/#comment-418 Kelly Sat, 19 Apr 2008 20:54:11 +0000 http://www.aertenart.com/2008/04/can-anyone-be-a-painter/#comment-418 Hello, my WWAO friends! Thanks for dropping by! @Klaire... Yeah, I don't get it either. When it starts feeling like a chore, it's time to do something else! @Debi... "Great" is in the eye of the beholder, and I think your Dancing Monk is great! Hello, my WWAO friends! Thanks for dropping by!

@Klaire… Yeah, I don’t get it either. When it starts feeling like a chore, it’s time to do something else!

@Debi… “Great” is in the eye of the beholder, and I think your Dancing Monk is great!

]]> By: Debi http://www.aertenart.com/2008/04/can-anyone-be-a-painter/comment-page-1/#comment-416 Debi Sat, 19 Apr 2008 20:32:09 +0000 http://www.aertenart.com/2008/04/can-anyone-be-a-painter/#comment-416 Good post. It seems that anyone who wants to work with paint can be a painter. I'm not a great painter, but I am passionate about it, so I paint. <em>Debi's last blog post..<a href='http://debimcswain.blogspot.com/2008/03/dancing-monk.html' rel="nofollow">Dancing Monk</a></em> Good post. It seems that anyone who wants to work with paint can be a painter. I’m not a great painter, but I am passionate about it, so I paint.

Debi’s last blog post..Dancing Monk

]]> By: Klaire http://www.aertenart.com/2008/04/can-anyone-be-a-painter/comment-page-1/#comment-415 Klaire Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:17:08 +0000 http://www.aertenart.com/2008/04/can-anyone-be-a-painter/#comment-415 Like what you stated, about "without passion", then why paint, why create art? Like what you stated, about “without passion”, then why paint, why create art?

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