Many galleries and 'modernists' are more interested in their audience response. I paint it because I like the subject matter. I'm the first Welsh artist to get through to the Welsh public. The art world has been destroyed by educationalists. There seems to be an expectation that an artist is of no substance if they are liked by the public.
Landscape painting is seen as a mindless love of nature.
All they give a damn about is their stupid theories. They destroy the art students. The problem with contemporary art is that these artists love themselves. Not what they are painting. You have got to love something.