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IS THERE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A POORLY EXECUTED PAINTING AND A NAIVE PAINTING?

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With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

Robert Jones, NAPA

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Michael - had the same trouble with definition, as you'll see. Some work on the gallery isn't very good, no - (Margaret and Syd): but that's no problem if it's beginners' work looking for advice (or not even looking for advice). If this were a commercial gallery, some of the paintings and digital work too wouldn't get shown, because it would bring the standard down and lead people to think the gallery just didn't know what it was doing. But I do think it's important to remember this ISN'T a commercial gallery, and the same standards don't apply - while I think there's a bit too much 'churn', in that you post a picture in the morning and by the afternoon it's on page 15 if you're lucky because some of our contributors are a touch incontinent (and there's an awful lot of them), this gallery is unusual because it gives everyone a chance to show what they can do. If there's an ideal way of managing this, or just a better way - I think Tao Berry has raised the old question of a limitation on numbers of postings permitted (she won't know it's an old question, but we have been here before) - I honestly don't know what it might be, for one. But, and Dawn will correct me if I'm wrong, I think the remit here is to provide a space to show work that might not otherwise see the light of day and that the company providing this site for us believes in maximum inclusivity. There's no selection panel, and so far as I can see the problems this might create in terms of quality can't be overcome other than by our all doing our best to keep the standard of our stuff as high as we can .... now there's a challenge....
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Michael Edwards

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Wouldn't it be dominated by the those who regularly comment on each others work regardless? A sort of exclusive club ? Mmm - not sure.

Ruth Dolan

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Not keen on the idea, personally, Pat.....
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Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley

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It's an open gallery so I see no reason to have it changed. Look at what you want, live and let live as someone said in response to another debate about quality of works posted. It's all in the eye of the beholder.

Michael Robinson

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I am zipping my mouth in future😢

Adele Elgood

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Me and my beloved are always saying "if it ain't broke - don't fix it! I think we will all agree to differ after all we can't please everyone all of the time!
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