Spiritual Serl

Many young artists could learn a great lesson from Jon Serl (“Inside the Mind of an Artistic Outsider,” by Kristine McKenna, Nov. 12). While schlockmeisters such as Jeff Koons and Mark Kostabi are turning the art world into a joke with their crass commercialism, Jon Serl has been quietly making important art solely for the purpose of spiritual release.

Greed and irony may be hip nowadays, but how many of these younger artists will still be thriving when they’re 96?

DAVID CORRADO

Mar Vista