Amen, bonni, amen! "He painted always like a scholar and a gentleman, though not like a great artist." Quoted from the obituary of John William Waterhouse (http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/art.asp?aid=79). According to the patronizing obituary, Waterhouse's art wasn't art because ... well, because the critics had now defined his kind of style and subject matter as non-art. The modern art savant buys or cheers art as sort of a critic-verified diploma of taste. The more money or cheers you're willing to put into it, the greater the proof of how much art means to you. It's really quite fascinating : you can actually con intelligent people into paying a small fortune for a sealed can of artist's poop! I'm not joking, this "objet d'art" was on display on the Lousiana museum in Copenhagen. Very nice can, though :o) The con club of self-appointed critics, in and out of 3D, are staking their fame and fortune on their opinion, so don't ever expect them to listen to arguments to the contrary. However, if you can wow and woo their public, it will become a very one-sided argument - they'll be talking to themselves ;o)