Jim Riley wrote:
"I too have choosen portraiture over still life, landscape or whatever, and have some fond and moving memories and stories relating to the response from some of my efforts. I love it!
I must say, however, I believe it a mistake to suggest that because our work is more readily measured against it's specific goal and purpose and that the subject and execution of landscapes or still life is somehow an accumulation of things that don't "matter" seems unfair."
I agree with Jim's statement. I had an experience this summer that relates to this. I went backpacking in the Olympic Mtns over Memorial weekend with some friends and brought a camera and art supplies in place of a fishing pole. (I don't fish) I painted a watercolor scene with two fishermen, both of them friends who had hiked with us. I had the painting at a local show and the wife of one of the men bought it for her husband for his birthday. This was his comment when he received it: "It makes me feel just like I felt when we were there." His statement showed me I had accomplished my purpose with that painting - evoking feelings of the beauty of our Northwest.
That said - I still love portraits, and somehow feel that I won't be a "real" artist until I excel at portraiture.
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