Monday, February 25, 2008

Art is like the Oscars

The Oscars are coming up, and I was thinking, success as a painter is like trying to get an Oscar. Oscars are awarded to what the average voter thinks is impressive or difficult. For example, actors are more likely to get an Oscar for playing a character who is disabled, weird, etc - what the average non-expert thinks is diffcult to do.
So, in other words, to be a successul artist, you have to do well at something the average person thinks is difficult.

1 comment:

Richard Womack said...

If the awards were held on the "roof
top of the world"?Tibet,with Dalai lama arriving by Hang gliding,The style & speeches maybe more nondescript.