Art is so subjective.....the response to it is determined by place, time, and circumstances. In the backwaters here people prefer either sentiment or nature, most times the two combined, and in a picture that will match the color of the sofa.

A local state park sponsers an art show every autumn that's well attended. All the locals come to look and applaude but not to buy tho they are fond of saying..."you have such a god given talent never give it up", with some humor i am tempted to put a jar on the table with a slot in the lid and a sign on it saying " your opportunity to support god given talent". No one sells anything much to support thier habit.
But one show left one artist stunned. From somewhere came a busload of Japanese tourists...wandering around the show they bought up all her American Primitive style....she wandered the aisles with a dazed smile on her face.

So what is a good artist? Perhaps someone who feeds the birds?

( all above said with tongue in cheek )