[Aquinasfan]

I'm an artist by profession, but have never taken an art course, except for a few worthless high school get-in-touch-with-your-feelings classes. In high school, I gave up on formal art education since so much of it seemed like crap. As it turns out, I was prophetic, literally.

Anyway, modern art seems like the longest-running hoax in history, kept alive only by financial speculators and academics.

I prefer realism, or any related style. I like the paintings you selected above, particularly the image of the men in the boat. I have no tolerance for abstract and modern art.

[Republicanprofessor]

I'm adding you to the ping list to see if I can get you to see some other qualities in modern art, when we get there. I expect you will add a great deal to the discussion.