Teaching, doing conferences etc doesn't make a better artist. He's technically very good, but there's hundred of more creative & better photoshop artist. I think he's using his talent to make good business and this is a good choice if he's enough passionate & if he likes exposure & money. But a lot of artists can have no interest in those things for sure.

See...I told you Bert Monroy was the Paris Hilton of photoshop.
Thank God for the clipping room floor, aye?
(LOL- I said that in Canadian )

Mmmm... Paris Hilton of photoshop... you're mean!
I will say he's like the Kenny G of photoshop!

Sorry Scion but what means "clipping room floor"? No idea!

Who dont want to be rich?

Me!
I mean doing boring things for more money... no way!

Hence the legend of "The Starving Artist".
Tis a noble thing the artist willing to suffer for beauty.
The word 'Holy' actually means beautiful. An artist who seekd such is an holy man. Nearer thy god to thee, or nearer my wallet to thee. Tis the precipice which everyman must stand upon and decide his own fate.
I? I shall eat ramen noodles and bask in life eternal.
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"clipping room floor" where they crop movie film and all the waste film gets tossed onto the floor. In photoshop we call it "delete layer".
The comparison wasn't meant to be mean.
Hey, I'm a nice guy

I mean doing boring things for more money... no way!

I agree 100% with that Claf!