Post date: Feb 17, 2012 7:19:02 PM
I appreciate all forms of painting - after all, it's all just image making - but unlike some other forms of painting (we all know there is no shortage of bad art out there), Realism is not something that anyone can "fake" their way through. We all have a built-in visual standard. In part I do realism because many cannot, it's difficult, and the rewards are great.