Heavens, I didn't mean folk art in a pejorative sense at all! quite the contrary. And when I spoke of folk art, I didn't mean it in any formalized sense. I could have called it popular art but that wouldn't be right either since there is a quite recognizable 'style' to the gallery offerings I see. A sort of feeding off each other as well. I can't articulate very well. Sigh. What we see in the galleries can be accepted or ignored, but it's not going away.