So, I was a participant in the Brentwood Arts Festival this past weekend and looking at some of the offerings for the different creatives that were represented, it got me to wondering if traditional art still has a place in our society? By traditional I mean, portraits, landscapes, etc. There were lots of artsy/craftsy merchandise for sale with some offerings of fine art as well. I was one of the fine artists. I had an art professor from Cal State Long Beach, who came by my booth and told me that out of the 100+ vendors at the event, my artwork was the most competent that he'd seen and that he really liked my work. I had several people come by who personally told me that my work was exquisite and the only real art they had seen at the event. So, with those admonitions, one would think that I would have sold something during the all day event. That would be a negatory and it wasn't because my prices were too high. I only had a couple of people who expressed interest. Things that I witnessed that sold were edgy but not really what I would call fine art. It was more like mass-produced art; hence the reason for this blog inquiry about traditional arts training and traditional arts still having a place in our society. It would be great to view some feedback on this query.