Generally this is bullshit.  Really ,' if you like it, you like it' is more accurate.  It really comes down to the fact that your second grade teacher didn't know what else to tell you, when it came to teaching art so, there you go, 'if you like it, it's good.'  Bull!
     What is important to do, if you like something is to ask yourself, Why?  then if you are being somewhat honest and non dogmatic, you can begin to explore the assumptions you have regarding the visual arts.  Generally speaking, the culture is lost in a neo-classical/neo-modern consciousness.  NOT a modern/classical consciousness.
      Antonio and I used to differentiate between a 'picture' and a 'painting'!  Simply explained, a picture is when the subject matter dominates the experience.  This is generally a conceptual and or sentimental event.  A picture can be 'abstract' as well as 'realistic'.  A painting is when the color and brush express the motif and artist's personality, and vice versa.  Here you are are beginning to deal with painting as an artform...
 
I have arrived
I am home
in the here and now
I am solid
I am free
in the ultimate I dwell



Krishna loves Radha by Antonio....




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