<p>artsmarts: re elephant on a car. I’m saying that putting an actual live or dead elephant on a car is not fine art. If someone painted it, that would probably be art. I’m not an artist. That’s just my opinion. And re your comment about most representational art being sold independently through artists and not in galleries–I see your point, but I was responding to timkerdes, who was comparing gallery sales of modern vs. realistic art. My point is that gallery sales only represent a small piece of overall art sales.</p>
<p>Something I find interesting is how in our area, buyers of both modern and representational work are rather conservative. In other areas, it’s quite different.</p>