Damn the thieves

You know I don’t like dwelling on the negative but every once in a while ya just gotta vent and either take a stand or move on. So here’s my vent:

I keep reading stuff about a new kind of art thievery going on. In a way it’s the same old-same old. You know, lazy-ass predators looking for easy takings. Except now the easy takings are the pictures by naive artists who post their work online. Along come some AI people who take — as in STEAL!!!– that art and convert it to whatever they want and then sell prints. They make money off from the artists who create the images. Am I repeating myself? I can’t help it — I am screaming mad about it. Ok, so let’s try something. I’ve put up several little pictures the past few days. Let the stealing begin. *SARCASM*

Oh btw, since I restarted this blog almost all new followers are AI sites. Hmmm…wth is that about? My curiosity is piqued. So here’s another little picture, oil on canvas, just to see what happens…