[walden]

Yeah, Dali could paint, but I've always found him disturbing.

I'm a big fan of a lot of contemporary landscapists who work outdoors-- check out this site:

Plein Air Painters of America

This is my art:

LisaWalkerArt

All of my smaller landscapes plus my still lifes (excluding the bread and fruit) were done outdoors, on site. It's a huge challenge, with the light changing and everything, and sometimes I crash and burn, but when I get it right, it's great. :)

[Theresa]

Wonderful work walden! Very good. At the beginning of the year I had made a vow to myself that I would drop decorative art and begin to study fine art. I have a French easel and a studio and all the tools I need. Then I was sidetracked back into decorative art because I can't say no to people who want to pay me to do it. Heck I am just glad I get paid for any art that I do!

Regarding the post the author refers to primitive art. I really like primitive art but not pretend primitive art which is what modern art is. Genuine primitive art by untrained artists, like Grandma Moses, has much more to offer humanity than the garbage that Picasso cranked out. I will never forget seeing an orginal Picasso in Neiman-Marcus. This was maybe 30 years ago. It was nothing more than stick man's face with a cigarette stuck in the mouth. The price was 3,000 dollars. It was a joke and I could only imagine Picasso inwardly detesting the people he was able to hoodwink into buying it.