I understand what you are saying...However as I and other posters have stated here, it's one thing taking art classes and doing studies of known paintings, and it's quite another thing to enter a pianting in an art show as an original work...
To answer your question, I play the piano, have played for over 40 years...I have arthritis and cannot play as well as I used to, but I was classically trained and can still play Bach Inventions and things like that...Lately, I've been into playing some ragtime, as well as some jazz and rock-n-roll with my son who plays the bass and bass guitar, and playing little songs with my daughter who just started cello a year ago...
You should post some of your artwork Eagle; we would love to see it!
...(I don't think Tony would be too happy though if someone entered an art show, art fair, or entered something in a juried show at a gallery as an original work if it were a copy or variation of one of his paintings, though....
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