I have a friend who thinks that our art in the visual arena
i.e. painting needs more improvement in terms of expression
and rendering to at least approximate the quality of artworks
produced by Luna / Amorsolo and a few more well trained
and seasoned artists with fine art training in other countries.

This is borne out of his observation of the paintings produced by
contemporary artists who seem to have a lack of understanding of
the medium. Thereby, when compared with the works from Europe,
America or even other  asian countries a great difference in terms
 of finish, materials used and conceptualization are keenly obvious.

Assuming there is a modicum of truth to this observation.
Would asking the following questions satisfactorily improve our
painters quality of work.
Is it because we don't have the means to buy good painting
supplies? Or is it because of lack of training, lack of devotion
and the inability to put in more hours? Or is it because
we lack qualified art/painting teachers? Or is it because the
filipino artist as a breed is still carrying the yoke of "puede na iyan"
attitude even when he honestly knows it is a mediocre kind
of job. Or is it all of the above.
If ever this is true, i'm sure there are a few filipino artists/painters
who are dying hard to get over the challenging hurdles in order
to not compromise their art to mediocrity. I've met quite a few of these
seasoned artists. But for the emerging ones it might help to keep in
mind that the art world is not easy and making artworks with the
"puede na iyan" attitude doesn't make life any easier.

Anyway, you know the saying talking the walk is different
from walking the walk.

catch you fellow artists next time..,

juan tamad