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My open letter to Donnie Mrkacek regarding his comments.

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My open letter to Donnie Mrkacek regarding his comments.

Dear Donnie:
I was recently, and not so pleasantly, surprised to see that you had happened upon one of my pieces of artwork called Synergy and you were "kind" enough to leave the following message:

"This has been done over and over again do something different. If you really understood synergy you do not mimic. Find your own vision it is not easy, why should it be? ."

Unfortunately, this is a direct quote.

First of all, Donnie - I've seen lots of crappy pieces of artwork on this site numerous times and I've decided that it's entirely unfair to make a lousy public comment on someone's public page - just uncouth, if you know what I mean. So many artists are struggling with careers, attempts to find new ideas and not to mention that some here are very gifted while others are not and that's alright because it has provided a vibrant art community where people get the chance to learn from each other as well as enjoy the camaraderie that comes with a successful site such as FAA. You do the community a great disservice when you make the assumption that one artist is beneath you in some way.

And I'm a big believer in taking the log out of one's eye before you go to the trouble of picking on a spec in someone else's eye.

Let's start with your pathetic ability to communicate in the highly regarded form of the English language. Really Donnie, you show your ignorance when you can barely place the proper words together to form a complete thought. The least you could do is grant me the courtesy of properly stating your  "opinion" in a manner in which people can read and understand it. Here's how your paragraph should read - pay attention, you may learn something!

"This has been done over and over again do something different. If you really understood synergy you do not mimic. Find your own vision it is not easy, why should it be? ."

FIRST! You need a period between the words "again" and "do" or, at the very least a comma. Also - you don't put a period AFTER a question mark....the question mark kinda has its own built-in period, so two of them aren't necessary. This is called punctuation, learn to use it properly and people won't think you're an idiot.

And this sentence would make an English teacher cry:
"If you really understood Synergy you do not mimic."
...I'm sorry - what?
So you're attempt to tell me that I don't understand the term Synergy falls sadly short. The main reason for this, Donnie, is that most - if not all - artists often name pieces of art something abstract. The point of naming the artwork is to connect with the viewer in some way. I'm sorry if that concept is beyond you're reality, but there it is.
It wasn't a matter of mimicking, it was simply a matter of giving an abstract work an abstract name. That's all, nothing more complicated than that.

"Find you're own vision"
Excuse me?
What gives YOU the right to tell me that I need to find my own vision? I simply created this work in my studio one night when I was bored of painting other things. In reality, the piece actually created itself - most of my artwork isn't this type of genre, but I like many other artists like to play and sometimes play is just a good thing.
I don't need to consult the likes of you to figure out what my vision is - if you don't like it, click the damn "next" button and move on.

Lastly, your entire statement is a little silly, Donnie - you see - pretty much everything has already been done once and stuff that hasn't been done already by its very nature, borders on the bizarre. Most artists now are simply trying to find new ways of standing out in a crowd, some succeed and some don't. I would take the time to look at your art to see if you have anything that can be classified as "unique" but you see, Donnie - I suspect that you are taking the time to insult people in order that they up the number views on your art....so I'm not falling for it and really - I'm not all that interested..in fact, I question if you're an artist at all.

In closing: this piece has sold many, many prints nationwide. I still have the original - simply because it's gone up in value GREATLY!
People like it.
Move on, I have.

PS - my husband thinks you're a twit.