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Gayle, >> Braver than you could possibly imagine <g>, ask our dealer… << I've been known to go where angels fear to tread so that doesn't scare me none. <g> It is an entertaining thought though I didn't expect you to take me up on it. 🙂 My grandfather grew up in Highland Park but don't hold that against me, and my sister has spent time in Chicago and loved it for its museums etc. For my part I've been through O'Hare en route from Europe which is the extent of it. Not a good reason to be in Chicago. <g> I gather that Pooh with the Ponytail, named Paul is your dealer. <g> Can you say Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers real fast? Yes its true, I don't miss much and was sorely tempted to jump in, but thought better of it. I'd asked Paul a question about installing the Ill Pro in a P90 and didn't get a response, that coupled with the mood of the moment didn't exactly lend itself to me being a wise guy. <BG> >> Odilon Redon, Prince of Dreams << Now I'm tracking, seems like a very interesting artist. Unfortuneately our public library system is horrible. Something to do with the climate and what people do when they live here. Reading books is not one of them. <g> We do have a library exchange program and its also quite probable that UCSD has it. This weekend I'll take a juant up there. I'm not sure I'd do this normally but he does sound like a very interesting artist so thankyou for passing the reference along. >> I did get to see the big Monet exhibit a few years ago ( but I sure was sick of haystacks… << I have a couple of volumes of his work but didn't notice a predominance of haystacks. There is one Flemish artist, that did the Harvest, Bosch I think, but that's all I recall on that subject. >> if he were alive today, he'd be out of business… same subject with 6 different lighting conditions can be done in Photoshop". << Well, when one considers the curious circumstances, which are as much a factor as talent, that makes it possible to be a successful artist, it kinda hard to say whether that is true or not. I get your point, but then one doesn't know how much farther he could have gone, with the current state of technology; whether he would have the resources and whether he would have stayed with landscapes as his subject… to a degree I think its as much a fluke as it is talent, whether one gets recognition for ones work. I can think of an associate of mine who works like a maniac, and who is doing some very cutting edge work with 3DS, and yet gets very little recognition. Monet like Picasso are the exceptions, many like Van Gogh, struggled and struggled and never really got the recognition until after they were dead. I've seen a rather ominous trend in this regard with "hot shot" painters in New York who rapidly burn out and subsequently die. Some because of AIDS for sure but some under rather more mysterious circumstances. Not an incentive to get too famous too fast for sure. <G> So in direct answer, I think the right talent at the right time along with a twist of lemon (must be cocktail time) determines whether or not one might be in or out of business. I think on the whole this is true although I suspect Da Vinci would have excelled in almost any society, in any culture. But then we're talking about a giant amoung giants. As far as Redon's work goes, I'm most curious to check it out. And especially curious to see whether his style is transatory or might actually last. Like him, I got a late start as well, although a relatively early start in animation. I'm picking up speed but there are so many other factors, haven't really cemented my style yet either, but my feeling on that is a slow burn is better than a fast one, especially if I want to stick around awhile. <g> How about you, where are you pushing this drive of yours? And where do you think its going? Or does it matter? ( I ask because I think I'm going to be doing this as long as I'm breathing, have sight and can afford to, nothing else really matters.) Some have suggested its just a fad, not for me, although there may be such a predominance of it that I'd have to do something else to make a living, there again depending on talent and circumstance. John