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I agree and understand with much of your rant above, but I have to tell you, painters are only image-makers. we make images. an image of your "uncle" is just as valid and can be just a beautiful and interesting t contemplate as an abstraction by dekooning or a hyperrealistic painting by robert williams.
You should take a sabbatical, that's for sure. It is what I do. I left oil painting behind a decade ago, painted in watercolors and gouachem then focused solely on ink with brush or pen, on papper, and now I am back excited and hype about the possibilities in oil painting again.
I think that, in a time when images can be and are manipulated and "fabricated" to such a huge extent, painters have an especially important role to play.
creative people such as you need to be abl to express their creativity in any way they see fit, and you should maintain your skillz with the paint because you never ever know when the urge will hit you again.
I have been going to art galleries and museum shows and openings and a million other art events for the past 15 years. I have seen every media and style imaginable, and I can honestly tell you that, no matter the prevalence of digital media and photography, it is the painted works that seem to inspire and grab the attention of the audiences. People seem to get lost in paintings in a way they do not with photography, or sculpture, or mixed media stuff, or installations.
photographs do not seem to inspire the same level of contemplation. People are so used to them and so "sophisticated" in their experience twith photography that a cursory glance is all that is needed.
I am just babling now. I drank some cofefeee.
either way bro, best of luck. make art for yourself.
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