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Nicely argued, Michele.
I have a museum curator aquaintance who once confessed to me that she regarded herself as having extraordinary artistic Taste and that if she could find the time and inclination to be an artist, she would be an extraordinary one. There are a lot of pundits in academia, the media, galleries and the art world who feel the same way. The truth of the matter is that being an artist takes as much guts as it does in having the talent, taste, stamina, and whatever else is necessary to rise to the top.
Most critics are under enormous pressure, both external and internal, to appear trendy and "original" and of course the irony is that they end up as advocates of the multi-million dollar Establishment art marketing machine we see operating today.
Personally, like many artists, I would love to see a little shaking up of the "man in the suit" look, but Washington officlal portraitdom is probably not the place where this will happen.
Never let anyone get your goat. Go Tom!
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