Re: Is the plural of Cactus Cacti?
You are to kind, Ron. But please keep it up!
I've long avoided the term "realistic", because although it's a trivial difference, the point was made with me by a painting done by Reneé Magritte. The title? "Ce n'est pas un pipe." "This is not a pipe", although clearly the painting is that of a pipe.
What he was saying in a Puckish manner is that the work is not a pipe. It's a painting of a pipe.
Similarly, nothing I've ever done is realistic, including my Federal taxes.
It can be like a photo, photo-realistic, but realistic is a hurdle maybe artists won't reach until holographic tools are affordable. It might be easy to mistake a rendered model as a photo, but rarely the person sitting next to you on a bus, for example.
'Til then, you should enjoy your photorealistic drawings, as I do with your work, Ron.
My Best,
Gary
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