http://www.batemancentre.org/a...t/state-wildlife-art
I just found the following so fun about clumsy strokes
[QUOTE http://www.batemancentre.org/artist/state-wildlife-art]
..The rising importance of biodiversity in our thinking depends upon identifying species and characterizing ecosystems. This cannot be rendered with thoughtless, clumsy strokes. The wonderful looseness of the brushwork of John Singer Sargent conveys uncanny realism. But loose brushwork in the hands of some lesser artists may convey lack of observation and even laziness. Truth to the real world is much more interesting than cooked up fiction. Nature is not only more complicated than we know, it is more complicated than we can know. All through history, artists who are worth their salt have depicted what is in their heart. If the particularity of nature is in your heart, then photorealism is an appropriate style.[/QUOTE]
