SamTherapy said: "I try to have a foot in both camps in that my images are reasonably realistic, but at the same time attempt to communicate something other than just a pretty picture. " Well hon- I like 'pretty pictures' to make a form of beauty that did not and never will exist is one of the most 'moral' things a person can do with our one shot at life. To add beauty to the world! To in some small way make this lump of rock a little better then when we came in. ----------------------------------------------------- If you look back through the ages isn't almost ALL art (except in recient times) an attempt to recreate the real world. Look at all the old masters- Imagine Michelangeo(sp) or any of the great reniasance artist doing pointalism or cubicism- not going to happen-lol They'd be right in the middle of the 3d revolution. :) Emotional content is a different concept.