BTW, the gallery is not inherently set up for this. On the contrary. The gallery commenting system doesn't allow for two way communication and honestly most people just comment and never go back. I would venture to say that the comment system was designed for some small suggestions, not threads on how the art can be improved. If I wanted critique, I'd want to have an open forum which I could interact with those that are critiquing me, find out why they thought this or that was wrong, discuss how I could make it better, etc. It's what goes on in the individual forums right now. The other advantage to a forum is that other people can read through it and learn from what is said about other people's images. To use a previous example, if someone said to you or whoever about the flickering candle there, another artist who may not have known that would also learn from it, rather than going to your gallery to see the comment made.

Again, this is something for everyone we are discussing, not just one or two artists personal preference. Honestly, I'd suggest they do some market research before any decision is made either way...