Quote - Thing is, I can't help thinking that with Poser it's all too easy to get caught up in the struggle with models, materials,lighting and rendering whilst forgetting what the image is supposed to be about. It can be a tricky medium in this respect...

I still think it's an excellent render... but your point is well-taken. I believe this is CobaltDream's mantra, really.
Art is art. Technology can make art more appealing, judiciously applied, but it is not a replacement for art. That's why I keep telling people: I'm no artist. I enjoy the technology too much.

I'm sure there is an artistic aspect to pure maths and such... but I'm referring to images that are meant to evoke an emotion when I say "art".

I have a house full of card-makers. As in: greeting cards. There's an interesting form of artistic expression for you: greeting cards! My girls asked me to make some images using my "Poser People" ... they refer to that sort of thing as "Digistamps". I did a few of these for them:

Heck with shaders... all they wanted was that! And they consider it art.

Monterey/Mint21.x/Win10 - Blender3.x - PP11.3(cm) - Musescore3.6.2

Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehen
[it is clear that humans have contempt for that which they do not understand] 

Metaphor of Chooks