Wooohooooo!! Fabulous!!
I re-Tweeted yours and then Tweeted my own.

Congrats to all of the artists! Looking forward to this!

I just checked out the WIP posted so far… Oh My, this is exciting to see!!!! I so look forward to seeing more WIP from such talented artists. Big Grin over here!

I’m in the process of waiting to hear back from a photographer Frannie.

A fabulous venture!! Will watch this with great anticipation!

Yes I have Frannie. So wonderful to be part of this exciting workshop and exhibition with my photo Beautiful Woman, Beautiful Bird and to have Ina Mar translate this. Am enjoying seeing the works in progress in workshop. Just saw Janis painting of Isa’s photograph. Wow it looks amazing. Have favourited this and emailed this journal and will post it where I can to spread the word. Am looking forward to seeing more works in progress and finished works.

I would have loved to be a part of this but have no time to do so….sigh…but will love watching what happens!

OK Frannie, Dave Godden responded and he and I have a partnership. Now what do I do aside from getting busy painting. Do I post something and exactly what do I post and where do I post it. Seriously, not at all sure about what to do. I can paint….LOL

YAY! Congratulations to all the matched up Photographers and Artists … work in progress is looking good! This is so exciting Frannie!

LOL, my nails are down to the quick Frannie! ….. page 3 for all those artists who haven’t yet chosen :)))

You could talk me into just about anything Frannie, you are such a sweetheart! I’ve got a month you say? Hmmm…now you really got me thinking lol….I’ll go have another look…the ones I loved are already taken though

Fantastic collection! Thrilled to see all of the results! :-) val

Just fabulous! Love to see the progress and would love to be part of similar project next time!

This is such a great idea, i apologize for missing the chance to post one of my photographs, aseel at the switch! tony

Thank You Frannie! I hope you do do it again. I had one person on here ask to paint one of my photos and I was pleased with what she did, that was quite awhile ago. One of the blizzard photos. Not sure on how to pick ones that translate to painting well. Sometimes I see artists work on here and think I’d love to see them paint one of my photos. The lady that did my blizzard photo was pretty literal in the approach she took. I think it would be wonderful to see somebody do their own interpretation since a painter has so much more freedom to create if that makes sense. And I am extremely flattered that you would consider soloing me. I am sure you know that since the camera was invented there has been countless discussions on whether it is “Art” or not. Being old school, a traditionalist in terms of photography, my approach to photography is pretty straightforward and about the image as seen through the viewfinder. In some ways I see it as a craft while still recognizing that it can impact the viewer in many different ways. Even here on Rb when you click on athe add work button the first category is Art/ Photography. :) Anyway the point is for me is that i am a photographer and a traditionalist and call what i do what you want, it isn’t important to me whether it is considered art or not, I’ll leave that up to the viewer to decide. What I do hope is that you appreciate it enough to have a reaction whether it be simple appreciation, insight or in some cases an emotional reaction of some kind, a smile, a laugh, a tear, anger, happiness concern, empathy, horror, shock whatever but a reaction. Okay I have run on way too much here, must have been the wine! LOL tony

@Tony – It is possible for photographs to be artistic, just as it is possible for traditional art works- painting drawing etc – to be of no artistic value at all:)
I havnt met your work before, but they look very inspiring to me. I’d love to include elements of your work in some of my paintings sometime in the future. If you look at my interpretation of ‘Dance of the trout’ for this project you’ll see I put a different twist to it… (Also if you see my painting ‘leap of hope’ in my gallery that one was a collaboration with a RB photographer…)
Perhaps we can be in touch after this project is done.
And we have to thank Frannie for these wonderful collaboration opportunities!

Thank you for all you do, Frannie! This whole process is amazing!

This is so cool! Find myself anxious to see what the artists do with the different images. Pretty exciting! tony

@ArtPearl Flattered that you would want to and willing to cooperate. I’ll check out “Dance of the Trout” and Leap of faith. Really am flattered that you would consider one of my images. tony

I agree Frannie, definitely fun to see ! Yes, got an offer and very flattered! tony

Next time I’ll be on time ! :) tony

@photosbytony
Tony, I feel the need to convince you that photography is most definitely art, but I’d need a couple of bottles of red, a cafe in the Latin Quarter of Paris, the company of a good street photographer and a sensitive abstract photographer and plenty of time. But, you would be convinced, and we’d have a ball :-)))

I just had a quick look in your gallery and it is full of art. An example is “Taking a Break” – subject matter, composition, lighting and geometry all contribute to a beautiful artistic image. Every decision you made from capture to presentation (e.g. choosing B+W) were artistic. This photo oozes beauty, story and emotion. And of course your blizzard series!! Say no more! Check out Edgar Dega’s ballet dancer series (and especially his L’absinthe) and I’ll bet you can see a sensitive street photograph in every one.

So please be sure you submit a photo for the next SoJie – your images will translate to beautiful art. In fact, I’ll remind you :-))))

George Lenz and I are currently working our agreement for his photo – ROOTS. Will send it to you as soon as we are finished.

@ Rhoufi and Tony, I would love to join you:)! We’d have several balls:)!

lol how amazing was that? I didn’t even realise that Chris had posted right before and after me and we ended up matching up as per my offer….love it when things like that happen.

You rock Frannie!

This is such a great idea! I am watching and fascinated by this project!

Thanks for all you do Frannie! I’m starting today with mine! ;-) Wonderful to share all over the world!

The WIPs are fascinating, and though I’ve tried to keep up and comment on finished works, am sure I’ve missed some. Will be so cool to see it all complete and look at the photos side by side with the artists’ interpretations. This is quite an undertaking, thank you so much for doing it!

This is one of the most exciting events I’ve take part in on RedBubble!
Thanks Frannie!
:-)

The clock is ticking…should be a great event!

Just had to say, once again, how fabulous this workshop was. Thank you Frannie.

I did not know about SoJie 12 exhibition till I went to joint the group Solo exhibition. And what a terrific adventure it has been. It is so exhilarating that I joined SoJie 13. Frannie and his team has been very helpful and gave us a lot of their time to make it so successful. Very much appreciated. Bravo to all artists who participate in. unfortunately I did not write a lot of comments to other artists due to other professional commitments. I apologized for not doing it so.