I was at the opening of an art exhibition recently where the artist's painterly approach was being extolled by Grahame Sydney, probably NZ's best contemporary artist (although saying that is probably buying a fight, such things being supremely subjective - judge for yourselves at http://www.grahamesydney.com/home.htm

I quite like the word painterly, actually. It sums up the technical expertise of the artist's use of paint without necessarily commenting on the quality of the overall work. I have seen many pictures, as I'm sure many of us have, which I didn't particularly like but had to admire because of the way the paint was used to convey the image.

But then, likes and dislikes in the use of words is pretty subjective stuff, too!


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