I am an (occasional) painter myself. Until recently, I thought the age of realism was over ("The Twilight of Painting" by R. H. Ives Gammell said it all, but it was written in1946). I work in acrylic (lazyman's medium) but I make no pretense of otherwise being your peer! Your stuff is tremendous. I have Jamo's car now and MIGHT consider retaining your services! That's after I try and fail to render it myself! Lori (Sp?) Bar. should have been retained (take note Ron) because she's a great painter in her own right (Ronnie, me Bie, now YOU and Buddy will be in the pool-house, right?) Ar-ar-ar.
Ken, I also (like you) can see no reason why there isn't a stampede to your door!.
I'd be better off taking plein air lessons from you. I am locked in to a bit of the Luminist School, but that doesn't sell as much as domicile, car, yacht and portrait paintings. I was in Ojai, CA and remained ignorant of the fact that there is a great milllitary art (aircraft mostly) museum there!
Half a dozen CC memebers are threatening to descend upon me in coastal Maine this summer (well, I invited them). Consider yourself invited. I live on the coast and commute frequently to the Farnsworth Museum in Rockland. This would of course be Wyeth country! Lots of NC's and Andrew's stuff. Also, the museum is five miles from a great air-and-auto transportation museum at Owl's Head. This will be a required stop for the Cobraphiles visit and tour.
Keep up the good work! I sincerely hope that you get some commissions! Give me a call sometime: (508) 564-4297. Good luck.