# Re: Can we make this not become a board meme? \[reply to ATMB thread\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 22, 2013, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-can-we-make-this-not-become-a-board-meme-reply-to-atmb-thread/653589 "2013-03-22T00:39:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2013, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-can-we-make-this-not-become-a-board-meme-reply-to-atmb-thread/653589/81 "2013-03-24T17:54:36Z")
I don’t know why you think she didn’t sell her art. She most certainly did, and won art shows and stuff. I can’t think of any definition whereby she wasn’t an artist. **Hamlet** , I don’t think the exact cause of death has been made public. Her mother indicated that it was an accident at home, but no details. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2013, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-can-we-make-this-not-become-a-board-meme-reply-to-atmb-thread/653589/82 "2013-03-24T18:11:13Z")
[ol] [li]I like what I’ve seen of her work. It is most definitely art.[/li][li]If I could afford it, I’d buy Burden of Time[/li][li]Bye, Opal.[/li][/ol] ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-can-we-make-this-not-become-a-board-meme-reply-to-atmb-thread/653589/83 "2013-03-24T18:29:26Z")
Anyone have a link to her artwork? ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2013, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-can-we-make-this-not-become-a-board-meme-reply-to-atmb-thread/653589/85 "2013-03-24T18:50:55Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > Anyone have a link to her artwork? It’s very slow at the moment, probably due to an unusually high volume of traffic, but [here’s her art website](http://katherinehowardartist.com/). You can also see much of her stuff on [fine art america](http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/katherine-howard.html?http://katherine-howard.artistwebsites.com/art/all/paintings/all), which seems to be running a little better. I dunno jack about “art”, but I know what I like, and I like many pieces she’s done. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2013, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-can-we-make-this-not-become-a-board-meme-reply-to-atmb-thread/653589/86 "2013-03-24T19:07:57Z")
Thanks, **WhyNot**. As I suspected, they easily meet the definition of “art”. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2013, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-can-we-make-this-not-become-a-board-meme-reply-to-atmb-thread/653589/87 "2013-03-24T23:34:18Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > You seem to be doing an excellent job of sculpting bullshit in this thread. We can’t all be artists of assholery. Give yourself a pat on the back. _pat. pat._ Hmmm. I still feel like an asshole. Guess I should drink some more, until the feeling passes… ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-can-we-make-this-not-become-a-board-meme-reply-to-atmb-thread/653589/88 "2013-03-25T00:52:36Z")
> [@August\_West](#): > > My grandpa was an electrician and use to carve little animals out of scrap lumber or foam or whatever was at hand on the job site. guys always asked him to carve stuff for their kids and grandkids. He carved 3 inch dogs that looked like they were about to hop up and beg you for a treat. When I was 6, he carved me a life-size revolver that actually _worked_, when you pulled the trigger the chamber would rotate and the hammer would move back and forth. > So what I’m saying is, you’re a shit artist compared to my grandfather, who wasn’t even an artist, just a bored electrician. OK, the guy was drunk and all but that rejoinder doesn’t make sense - the opposite in fact. So I hope you were drunk too. Way to insult your grandpa at the same time. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-can-we-make-this-not-become-a-board-meme-reply-to-atmb-thread/653589/89 "2013-03-25T01:14:25Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > So wait, _ **real** _ artists are the ones who whore themselves out for money? > > And not the ones who create just for the sheer joy of creating? > > huh. That is, after all, why Thomas Kinkade is universally accepted as the greatest artist of our time. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-can-we-make-this-not-become-a-board-meme-reply-to-atmb-thread/653589/90 "2013-03-25T03:01:38Z")
> [@drew870mitchell](#): > > Chainsaw? [Catus](http://boardstest.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15814828)? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-can-we-make-this-not-become-a-board-meme-reply-to-atmb-thread/653589.md?page=4)