And I should've been clearer I'm talking about the Living Masters gallery on the Art Renewal link, not the Museum.

I'm embarrassed to have gone on about it so much, quibbling with a guy whose name I can't recall. The short version came to me when I mowed the yard. Those painters are just too self-important to be interesting. They can't risk appearing silly in order to say anything, or make an odd observation, and I find it tiresome, and extremely predictable. Their technique, however hard-earned, is really just a gimmick, like any other, to get people's attention, and they take themselves too seriously to engage you. They are like the John Goodman character in The Big Lebowski, for whom every subject is about Nam. Everything is about their ability to paint.