Quote from: greyhawk on May 08, 2013, 02:04:42 PM

Quote from: Aztec on May 08, 2013, 01:59:03 PM

You maybe missed your vocation as an art critic

Good god no. Cheesy

I think professional art criticism is a perversion of art itself. People applying rules telling other people why a work is to be deemed good or bad and what they are expected to infer from the work? Totally missing the point of art in my view.

I know what you mean. There is such a lot of BS in the art world. Similar to wine tasting imo, I'm sure they make a lot of that stuff up.

Quote from: FirstAscent on May 08, 2013, 03:44:18 PM

I personally disagree with the direction the criticism is taking here.

There is nothing worse than an artist who feels compelled by the public to satisfy the least common denominator. Real art is from the heart and mind of the artist, and his world, harnessing his inner human condition, his specific talents, and so on.

Thanks FirstAscent, it's the age old conundrum of whether to stay true to your art or sell out in a way to appease your audience. I just don't want peter to be one of the poor soles who are dead before their work gets the recognition it deserves.

Thanks for the feedback

Quote from: Phinnaeus Gage on May 08, 2013, 05:17:25 PM

WOW!

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A lot of the wood I use is reclaimed wood that has been discarded and forgotten like some of the people who I portray in my art.

I admire your verbiage throughout the site, but may I suggest to somehow mention how you bring both--the discarded wood and people--back to life?

Perhaps, you don't need to, for the art shows the revitalization, hence only being a suggestion.

Love your work and site layout. Smooth!

Thanks Phinnaeus, really glad you like my friends work and my minimal web design skills Wink

I think your suggestion is really good and I have a feeling Peter will like that too. It helps to highlight his methodology. I'll suggest it to him and let you know what he thinks. I should be seeing him at some point this week so I'll put it to him.

Thanks everyone so far for taking the time to look at the site and to feedback. I really appreciate it.