One might argue that because of the prevalence of the camera and its overuse - because every day throughout the world millions of images are made by millions of people - the ability to produce a memorable image usina camera is a far greater achievement than to do so using paints, brushes and a canvas where competitors are fewer. However, I do sometimes wish that I could paint badly as there appears to be money in it. That both Hitler and Churchill could paint a little gives some indication of the dangers of weekend artists.
Craft, it is said, is the visible edge of art and should you find yourself in the presence of work in which it is difficult to discern any craft then you will probably find that it is equally hard to discover its art. The overwhelming desire of the technological age for immediate gratification has led many who claim to be - and who are, unfortunately, acclaimed as being - artists, to eschew the disciplines of hard-earned craft skills. This indiscipline in the arts has allowed the sciences and their attendant 'facts' to gain the