Post #420350 by Cammo on Sat, Nov 22, 2008 5:03 PM

I think everything Tom Slicko says above is totally true of Derek, but not of Shag or Timmy. Derek is the ONLY artist with as much or more talent than Jim Flora; I think Derek would be successful as an artist in any era your time machine could set him down in, style schmyle.

Shag and Timmy just don't show any originality, flavor, or dynamics in their work. It's the same thing over and over, flat and devoid of ideas, something people have been finally noticing not just on this thread but all over the art collecting world. Shag's recent 'cheesecake' stuff just looks desperate.

Compare their work with Big Toe's - there's just no life in their work, but Big Toe's jumps right out at you. I saw his sketchbook recently at Babalu's and it was FULL of ideas, it was freakin' outrageous!