I agree with you, nothing beats seeing the original. I have enjoyed visiting van Gogh's work in Amsterdam and closer to me in Chicago.
Sometimes when I see my own work on the computer, I can be a little disheartened. They just don't have the color and life when on the screen, let alone scale. and I do take time to get good photo's with a dslr and color correct them to be as close to the real thing as possible.
I also am happy that you are posting on a blogspot. I have one as well, and before facebook and instagram took over, it was very fun to make the rounds and visit everyone's blog's. I think that was the golden age of talking about art online, at least it was for me. Blogs and wetcanvas taught me so much.
Anyway, be well,
Kyle