How do you know that? How can you bee sure of something youve never seen. I feel for OP too, but the painting may actually be ugly.

Its more about style and pride tbh. If artist is proud to call it his own then it's a good painting. Case closed.

Unless he likes to eat. Then it's about other people liking your work, or convincing them that ugly garbage is good art.

He should have been nicer about it regardless, it was still OP's choice of artwork in his home.

Honesty is the best policy. I'd rather someone "hurt my feelings" than go forward making mistakes ignorantly

44 I get where you're coming from, and I do agree with your other post that since art is so subjective OP shouldn't be discouraged. My point was more that I hope he isn't always so brutally honest. 52 I do agree that criticism is a good thing, but that abrasive way of going about it does wear thin pretty quickly.

because it has seeds?