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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;verybrad, post: 36648, member: 37&quot;]Now, for me, if I wanted a Dali, I would paint one myself (or have it painted) or find something I liked similar to it that I could&nbsp; enjoy. Prints just do not do him justice. To me, they are flat and lifeless.&nbsp; Dali is such a superb technician and no print will pick up the subtle qualities of his brushwork.&nbsp; Since I am not talented enough to produce a good facsimile and I am too cheap to have one done by someone good, I bought what I though to be the next best thing .......</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a painting by an obscure American artist by the name of Kermit Shafer. He was a contemporary of Dali and this was painted in 1950. He is virtually unknown in the US but had his moment of fame in the UK where he was the subject of a documentary. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]9239[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I guess my point is that there are alternatives to buying mass produced prints. I think that hand produced artist signed prints are preferable to a cheap print. God knows there are enough of those out there for Dali. Obviously, the buying public does not agree and continues to spend obscene money on prints with no intrinsic value. If they were dirt cheap I could understand it better but they are not. Those that buy them on the secondary market for pennies on the dollar get a pass from me ..... LOL! (climbing off my self-righteous soapbox)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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