Boots
Image inspired by Van Gogh’s early period.
Started life as a straight still life of a pair of boots. I had been to the Van Gogh museum and wanted to do a tribute to the master himself. So I set about experimenting with various manipulation filters and programmes until lI discovered a little gem that allows me to turn my images into oil painting effects. Magic!
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jlynn
Fantastic rich tones, wonderful light,, very thought provoking image!
Glen Allen replied
Thank you your comments are much appreciated. I was inspired by a vist to the Van Gogh museum earlier this year in amsterdam, fantastic place if you ever get the chance to go if you have not already. It seems that Van Gogh is well known for his sunflowers and fields and starry night scenes but his early work whilst dark is stunning.
cruisin4susan
wow this is lovely very well done indeed
Glen Allen replied
Thanks Susan, glad you like it.
Antanas
perfectly done, very good composition
Glen Allen replied
Thanks Antanas, I particularly like this one myself I was inspired by a visit to the Van Gogh Museum earlier this year.
Tessa Bishop
Wonderful image, beautiful to look at
Glen Allen replied
Thanks Tessa, glad you like it, it is one of my own favorites.
Bevsimages
Fab treatment & end result great lighting technique x ;)
Glen Allen replied
Thanks Bev, glad you like it.
sticky
inspired but much more interestin !!! Like it lots !
Glen Allen
Thanks, i like it too
EnVee
very unique! a work of art :)
Glen Allen
Thank you Nancy, not too unique Van Gogh got there well before me LOL!
Glen Allen replied
Thank you Nancy, not too unique Van Gogh got there well before me LOL!
margpie
is this a painting? if it’s a photograph I love the effect you have used, how could you not be inspired by Van Gough lol
Glen Allen
Its a photogrpah of ordinay CAT boot and I post-processed it in software to give the painting effect. Thanks for the comments.
Kathryn Potempski
fine work of photography Glen cool composition, colour and light.love all your work
Glen Allen replied
Thank you Kathryn, your comments are much appreciated.
Steve Chapple
This is a stunning outcome, true art!!!!!
Glen Allen replied
Thank you Stephen, much appreciated.
blurtsmum
These are great – did you know there was a shoe group on redbubble? This would look great in there! – It’s a great pic – I like boots slightly biased but even so I am convinced it is a good pic.
Glen Allen
Thanks for your comments, I didn’t know there was a shoe group, I’ll take a look. Thanks for the comment I too am biased and love this shot lol.
saleire
Wonderful work…..pure genius to make something so simple and ordinary, so beautiful.
Glen Allen replied
Thank you, but I am only copying what Van Gogh di before me.
Andy Harris
Great shot… Caught the colour very well…!
Glen Allen replied
Thank you Andy.
Rasendyll
Great image Glen-and filters aren’t cheeting, just another approach.
Glen Allen replied
lol its a little more than filters to be honest. PS was only used on these to convert from Raw to Tiff and alter the saturation/contrast ready to process in a dedicated paint programme. I tried several conversion filters/progs specifically for this image before I found one that I was completley happy with. The trick is to know what images will work by the conversion and I am enjoying doing it at the moment which is what really counts. This was inspired by my visit to thye Van Gogh Museum I came home and really wanted to acheive somthing along these lines and am quite pleased with the results.
TFFDavid
Pretty cool photo Glen.
When I was 16, and we’re talking 35 year ago now, I had some Doc Martins and got a can of silver spray paint and done my boots.
My old man nearly knocked my heed off. lol
Glen Allen
Not wanting to give the game away but these are CAT boots, I can understand your old mans reaction though Docs cost a fortune, probably still do eh? Was that in response to the Glam Rock age of the early 70’s?
TFFDavid
Aye, happy days . . . click click
Glen Allen replied
Terriffic, I come the part of the Midlands where they come from, they were real local heros when I was a kid. Noddy Holder had a night club locally and Dave (always on the platform heels and kept falling off breaking his leg) settled down in Wolverhampton in the end. Great times eh?
TFFDavid
Better than the shite they call music these days . . . The Faces, Mott The Hoople, Slade, Wizzard, T Rex . . . I could go on and on and on.
Photography, Newcastle United and Music are the 3 things that float my boat.
Glen Allen replied
Yea it was all good and the decade before it which I only discovered as I got older. These days though I tend to have a broader appreciation including the old masters and their orchestral masterpieces. I balme ELO and roll over Bethoovan for that though LOL!
TFFDavid
Ohhh man, I love ELO, Jeff Lynne rocks, love the stuff he done with The Traveling Wilburys too.
Glen Allen replied
Ive realised I just christened Beethoven Beth LOL
amarica
Love it
Glen Allen replied
Thank you Amarica it is one of my current favorites too.
nancie
this is amazing
did you paint this??
Glen Allen replied
afraid not i’m not that talented. It is a photograph transformed into a painting type effect.
LinaJ
awesome image! love the shoe color!
Glen Allen replied
Thanks Lina, they were black in the original photograph.
Cathy Middleton
Interesting approach. Great gold colour.
Glen Allen replied
Thanks but Van Gogh got ther before me lol.
Crokus Label
Well travelled by the looks of it… ;)
Great compo here…
Glen Allen replied
LOL I don’t really know I got them from a charity shop LOL
Thanks for the comment and favouriting
Glen
Crokus Label
lol… that is even better… lol they have history… to unveil… ;)
(you are welcome… )
sharra
this is a great shot. i love it. its clever. and looks like a painting.
Glen Allen replied
Thank you I really appreciate your comments.
Jason Connolly
Spot on pal, this is really good Glen..
Glen Allen replied
Thanks jason
Susan van Zyl
love it! Really love the rich colours. Stunning!
Glen Allen replied
thank you your comments are really appreciated.
Jenifer
This is so awesome.
Glen Allen replied
Thank you, much appreciated. Glad you like it.
Rosina Lamberti
Wonderful work…
Glen Allen replied
thank you
missjaimee
i love what you have done with this.. well done
NautilusBlue
Very nicely done mate. I love the rich tones
Glen Allen replied
Thanks glad you like it.
LeeWooTsang
Deese be the kinky boots, I knowin dat much!
Glen Allen replied
Thanks LeeWoo, not sure about that one hey each to his own!
TnTPhotoart
I love me boots an these look almost as heavy as me New Rocks is it a photo an which filter makes it look like paint as I need to do this to a landscape
Glen Allen replied
Tracy, thank for comments. It is a photo but post shot processed. Ill bubble mail you.
annonymouse
great image !!
Glen Allen replied
Thanks for the comment.
Teresa Schultz
ok lol I am here, um, not familiar with van goghs earlier stuff, but this still looks super, I like the shine. :)
Glen Allen replied
LOL Thanks for the comments and visit Teresa, google van gogh and shoes and you’ll see some examples, his best one though was the potato eaters which is in the VG Museum Amsterdam, well worht a visit if you get chance.
Teresa Schultz
lol okay sometime when have more airtime and not trying to catch up commenting on RB or marketing our web, I think I am leaving very blonde moment comments all over, poor me! :)
Keith Richardson
Hi Glen – great image, especially with the black background. You have achieved such genuine gold. Great.
Keith
Glen Allen replied
Thank you Keith
Zuzana
A really beautiful work! Well done.
Glen Allen replied
Thank you, your omments are really appreciated.
Glen
WesternDreamer
Such wonderful effects you applied to this image… very nice work!
Glen Allen replied
thanks glad you like it.
mawaho
I think these look a bit more comfortable than Van Gogh’s !
I too like his Potato Eaters painting.
Your treatment of these boots looks really good. I like the colour tones.
Glen Allen replied
Thank you Im glad you like them. He was painting peasant shoes though soi I suspect they were not that comfortable lol.
designerpix
I really like these boots. A great piece of art and very well done.
Glen Allen replied
Thank you very much
LetThemEatArt
Cool boots! Do they do ‘em in a size 9 ? You won’t believe it, but I’ve visited Amsterdam a few times but never managed to make it to the Van Gogh for some strange reason…
Glen Allen replied
ive only been twice once when I was 20 and this year. I proposed to my partner there this time and now we are getting married so Amsterdam will always be special to us. We intend going back again soon. The VG museum is just awesome we were there for hours!
DreaM
when less is more… fabulous simplicity, extraordinary result!
Glen Allen replied
Thank you your comments hit the nail on the head.
BlackLemonz
Love this one
Glen Allen replied
Thank you
Dave Law
Another great work Glen, I like the colours and effects.
Glen Allen replied
Thanks Dave, I really like this one myself
peterhoenderdos
Yes his early work wasn’t so optimistic. but then again he came from as very dull place. It was in France that his more colourfull life started. And then he cut off his ear.
great picture here.
if you ever visit holland again. go and see the kroller muller museum. more Van Goghs there.; At least the last time I was there. That was in the seventies
Glen Allen replied
We certainly will be visiting again, we love Amsterdam. Ill look out for that one. We wnat to visit the big museum with the Rembrants in next time too, but there is so much to fit in, Van Gogh Museum, Cafe bArs, Coffee Bars, etc etc etc you know what it is like LOL.
budrfli
i like it! looks like everyone else does too! :O)
Glen Allen replied
Thank you yes you are right, lots of people have seemed to like this image.
Els Steutel
these boots are made for walking…......
but they look good on a picture too, like the lighting and the color:)
Glen Allen replied
Thank you I appreciate your comments.
AARDVARK
Top stuff Glen!
Glen Allen replied
Thanks for the comment.
TallGuy
Lol… you rich hikers… gold boots…. I’ve just noticed, there’s even a group for shoes… hmmm. should a pair of boots be in a shoe group :
))Nice One :
Glen Allen replied
Nah, these are CAT steel toe nail boots I am afraid my hiking days, rich or otherwise are well behind me lol.
Thanks for the comment anyways.
Linda Syms
Great shiny boots,great shot.
Glen Allen replied
Cheers Lynda
peyote
nice boots :)
xXx
Glen Allen replied
Thank you I appreciate your comments.
Kelly J
Wow.. thats different! In a nice way! Fantastic treatment :)
Glen Allen replied
Thanks Kelly, all inspired by Van Gogh!
mariarty
Wow! finally found the end of the list. Love this it is fantastic.
Glen Allen replied
Thannk you, much appreciated.
Glen
LYN EVANS
Excellent image
Glen Allen replied
Thank you Lyn, this is the one that kicked of my painting conversions.
LoneAngel
brillent work
Glen Allen replied
Thank you
CanDuCreations
Excellent, very beautiful work
Glen Allen replied
Thank you
Svetlana Sewell 9 days ago
Wonderful work:))))
Glen Allen replied 8 days ago
Thnak you x