Though Carolyn's opinion of something isn't exactly the definitive opinion about it.
[spoiler]And in Ep #889 it's not like Stokes, who would be the first to make a rude comment, says anything like Tate's latter work is inferior to his earlier work. Stokes merely comments that no one has ever copied or forged Tate's style so Julia's Tate is genuine, which could easily imply that Tate's style remained consistent.[/spoiler]