While walking around a seaside town on holiday, my wife and I went into a gallery. It showed the work of one artist, who was busy working at the back of the shop. From the paintings in the window we deduced two things about this artist. Firstly, she was clearly very talented. Secondly, the paintings had a certain style. They were rather figurative, many of them of the local scenes of the local area. They were pictures tourists would buy to remind them of a wonderful holiday. As we entered [...]