When I look at a painting in an art gallery it doesn't really matter to me if the artist used acryilics and a pallet knife or oils and a fine camel hair brush. What I experiance from the painting is its overall effect which is a little different for each viewer. The same goes for the gallery here, the tools are not as important as the end results. Sure, it's great to have someone ooh or aah over your work, but is that really the reason you spent the time creating the image? We create art because it has meaning to us and even if no one ever comments on it, that meaning is still there. The gallery should not be thought of as a competition but as away to share the spark that exists in all of us with the whole community. Thorgrim