...really very lucky to live in Knaresborough, beautiful place... anyway, this is our day out with Chris, Laney and Moo on the occasion of Chris' birthday. Good Stuff. We hunted for stones in the river, moo has quite a collection now..
yeah, thanks...you're right, each photo is treated like a jigsaw and then layered and muddled with.. until the right picture comes through, it helps to have willing victims of course...
I believe that a passion for narrative and subject is an essential pre-requisite for a successful painting. If the artist feels ambivalent about whatever is captured in a photograph, a sketchbook or on canvas how can they hope to have any impact on those who see the final piece? Without authority the artist will leave his audience frustrated or worse, indifferent. Communicating mood & emotion are my most important motivators for making images. I’ve never been overly concerned with technical perfection or producing an accurate pictorial record of a subject or a location. For me the heart of painting and photography is to capture and communicate an atmosphere and what I’m feeling, as much (if not more) than what I see at the time of painting.
If my paintings, sketches and photography speak to the viewer on an emotional level then I have succeeded in my work.
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Cool picture, if you dont mind me asking how did you put it together?
Cool picture. How did you put it together, using layers and transparency?
yeah, thanks...you're right, each photo is treated like a jigsaw and then layered and muddled with.. until the right picture comes through, it helps to have willing victims of course...
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