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  • Original: oil on canvas. / Size: 110cm X 90cm / More on this painting in the journal CLICK HERE / – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - - I imagined Pablo popping into the studio one night whilst painting..* I often wonder about what it would be like to talk to one of the many renowned artists from years gone by. Particularly the ones who have inspired my own work in some way. I’m really not convinced Pablo Picasso was as difficult a character as the media made him out to be. What sort of conversation would one have with someone like that if he was sitting having coffee in my studio? What would he have to say about my own work and what comments would he offer on the painting I was working on? I’m sure we could share a laugh or two…maybe about his poor English, maybe about my lousy coffee. One sunny afternoon not that long ago, I started preparing a large canvas with a menagerie of oil colour and impasto medium using a spatula and large flat brush. I’d recently watched an autobiographical Jackson Pollock movie and was enjoying taking risks with several cans of paint, a dripping stick and some time on my hands. I always had in mind that eventually the whole canvas would get several washes of burnt sienna so wasn’t too concerned about the clash of colours that afternoon. I’d covered some of this ground with an earlier “Coltrane” painting although I was leaning more towards a Basquiat feel with that piece. I really wasn’t thinking too much past the fact that I simply wanted to have a shot at creating an abstract work I would be pleased with. So I was quietly confident the burnt sienna wash the next morning would pull this whole thing together. After highlighting shadow areas with burnt umber and rubbing back some sections of the painting with a rag, I was pleasantly surprised at how it was turning out, and left it at that on the easel for the next few days. I had four other paintings on the go at that stage (“Red Dust Girl” series) along with another new painting called “Nighthawk”. I would work on these intermittently and every now and again glance over at this new abstract sitting on the easel at the other end of the room. You think about a lot of things when you are painting. Maybe painting is really pondering.. I don’t know. One thing is for sure though, you resolve a lot of things which aren’t always on the canvas in front of you. It’s when the magic happens . Greek mythology speaks of the “muse” as a source of inspiration, accessible by artists and generally restricted to artists. The muse is not in itself a delusion or hallucination, but rather a myth to which writers, musicians, painters, and more are able to credit the conception of their art to. I agree that something unexplainable and mysterious does occur during the creative process and I am continually surprised at what can emerge from a blank canvas if you invite any possibility. I’m not sure what it was that particular night but I started to see something missing in the abstract and it was bugging me. I continued painting one of the Red Dust Girl works and somewhere between the French jazz I was listening to and the second glass of merlot, I started thinking about Picasso. Something about this new abstract reminded me of his work but I didn’t know what. The next few days I buried myself in two old Picasso hard backs I managed to borrow from a local library. One particular book focused on his charcoal work and I fell in love with his “Study for Circus Performers” so much that I cut one picture out and pasted it into my notebook (hopefully the librarian won’t find out). In the later stages of the painting I wanted to collage this onto the work but changed my mind. I’ve revisited Picasso’s work many times over the years and still find myself quite subjective about it. I love his early more figurative, labored pictures along with the pink and blue period but was surprised by his change in style to the abstract in later years. I continued to work on the other paintings over the next few days and pondered again the Picasso connection with the abstract at the far end of the studio. One of the books I had borrowed was sitting on the painting stool next to it. From a portrait on the front cover Picasso seemed to be looking right back. It was an amusing moment and I was struck with the thought of what it would be like if someone like him “just dropped in”. It didn’t take me long to realize the missing piece for the painting, which is ironic considering the inclusion of the collaged piece of a jigsaw puzzle in the foreground of the finished work. So Picasso finally dropped by. We talked. I painted. Sometimes painting leads you into unexpected places, and as the saying goes “if you don’t know where you’re going.. any road will get you there”. Another coffee Pablo? / /

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    Muse
    by Jarko

  • Surrealistic Digital Art / / Mousepads in Zazzle / / / / MCN: C60E8-E070F-A2D45 / / © Imber 2007. All photographs and artworks in this portfolio are copyrighted and owned by the artist, Imber. Any reproduction, modification, publication, transmission, transfer, or exploitation of any of the content, for personal or commercial use, whether in whole or in part, without written permission from the artist is strictly prohibited. All rights reserved.

  • This man works infront of the Empress Hotel in Victoria, British Columbia. I bought two prints from him, one based around Mother Earth and the other based around the Tree of Life. He has an interesting look to both himself and his prints. On a sidenote, I went back to Victoria about 8 months after I took this, found him selling his wares at the same place and gave him a copy of this photo. The version here is actually the 3rd reincarnation of this shot as I haven’t been truly happy with the post processing until now.

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  • The painting is based on a photo I took on Dartmoor a few years ago. The light was fantastic and I’ve expanded on that to create this vibrant landscape.

  • 2600 views as of Nov. 14, 2009. Featured in Pay it Forward, November 12, 2009. DIGITAL PORTRAIT PAINTING – PHOTO PAINTING SERVICES Apple Blossom Chickadee has been nominated for the prestigous Pay it Forward Group by JackyP. This is what she said about your image / “.this is a particular favourite of mine and always makes me smile :) The image seems to sum up the arrival of spring with the lovely blossom and little chickadee. Renee puts a lot of time and love into her work and the results are just pure bliss!! / -—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- / Thank you so very much Jacky! / -—-—-—-—-—-—-——- / Featured in Painted-Digitally – February 25, 2009 / Featured in Cards: Best of your Best – February 2, 2009 / Featured in Country Bumpkin August 6, 2009 This art started out as a photograph of a black-capped chickadee sitting on a barren branch. After a very long winter (so far) I needed something that sang Spring time is just around the corner! After a lot of fuss, and several hours, in Photoshop and Painter X this is the final result. Every pixel of this piece was re-painted (digitally) by hand. All of the apple blossoms and leaves were created from scratch. As a final touch I added some texture to the piece to give it that last little edge I was looking for. I hope this image inspires you to dream of Spring :) / / Lavender Finch / / Fine Art Gallery / Bird Gallery / ADD RENEE TO YOUR WATCHLIST

  • Impressionist, painterly / Two boys doing what they do best in the rain. Originally impressionism was that the colour should be dropped pure on the canvas rather than mixed on the palette. Today, now that we have so many new paints and mediums to work with, while the original concept of impressionism remains the same, styles and techniques have evolved. / My style of Impressionism embraces traditional painting. It is the evolution of impressionism that i am hoping to achieve, from the original traditional techniques of impressionist painting all the way to this modern impressionist digital art which can be stylized and painterly depending on my subject and mood. My work is hand painted digital painting and is an emerging art form in which traditional painting techniques such as watercolor, oils, etc. are applied using digital tools by means of a computer, a digitizing tablet and stylus, and software. Digital painting differs from other forms of digital art, particularly computer-generated art, in that it does not involve the computer rendering from a model. The artist uses painting techniques to create the digital painting directly on the computer. / I create the painting, directly on my PC, by using a Wacom tablet, a stylus pen and ArtRage painting software. The Wacom tablet can be compared to a canvas or watercolor paper surface. The stylus pen is my paintbrush.

  • Impressionist, Painterly. / True red head flirting with you. / Digital painting is an emerging art form in which traditional painting techniques such as watercolor, oils, etc. are applied using digital tools by means of a computer, a digitizing tablet and stylus, and software. Digital painting differs from other forms of digital art, particularly computer-generated art, in that it does not involve the computer rendering from a model. The artist uses painting techniques to create the digital painting directly on the computer. / I create the painting, directly on my PC, by using a Wacom tablet, a stylus pen and ArtRage painting software. The Wacom tablet can be compared to a canvas or watercolor paper surface. The stylus pen is my paintbrush.

  • Dappled sunlight from behind the trees outside the window plays with the colors and curves of the hand made glass vases, glasses and bottles in this watercolor still life by Paul Jackson. The painting is one of a series by the artist featuring art glass.

  • Sometimes I get so engrossed in my thoughts that I see what is not there more than what is there, this was one of those moments. / When it happens I work very fast. / 9”x12” oil on linen

  • Please come join me at myspace.com/Artistmind oil on canvas / 14×24”

  • This work has been favorited 27 times acrylic on canvas 140×70cm this has got nothing to do with this work but it’s a great piece :) : Jean Sibelius Valse Triste

  • Featured in Fine Art Digital Painters, October 18, 2009. Digital Abstract painting created using several photographic layers, Photoshop, Corel Painter X and a Wacom tablet. Thank you for viewing my art :) Detail Crop 1 / / Detail Crop 2 / / Black Box Frame & Bright White Matting / / Greeting Card / Desert Bloom / / Abstract Art Gallery / Fine Art – Mixed Media / ADD RENEE TO YOUR WATCHLIST

  • 5 Sales and 811+ views as of Dec. 17, 2009 – thank you! Featured in Digital Brushstrokes, November 14, 2009. / Featured in Fine Art Digital Painters, October 25, 2009. Autumn Chickadee was created by layering 5 of my own images in Photoshop. The artwork and digital painting was then completed in Corel Painter X using a Wacom Tablet. Chickadee Detail / Thank you for viewing my art :) Black box frame & bright white matting / / Digital Portrait Painting – Photo Painting Services / Bird Gallery / ADD RENEE TO YOUR WATCHLIST

  • 501 views as of Nov. 15, 2009 Featured in Cats & Dogs, October 26, 2009 / Paws ‘n Claws, October 27, 2009 / Dimensions, October 29, 2009 / Digital Brushstrokes, October 31, 2009 / Animal Fantasy & Whimsy November 1, 2009 / Fine Art Digital Painters November 1, 2009 / PhoDOGraphy, November 3, 2009 Digital Photo Painting of a Husky and a Red rose. Artwork completed in Corel Painter X using a Wacom Tablet. Rose Detail / / Black box frame & bright white matting / / / Digital Portrait Painting – Photo Painting Services / Pet Portraits / ADD RENEE TO YOUR WATCHLIST / Original Public Domain image courtesy of www.photos8.com

  • Taken at Swan Island Dahlias in Canby, Oregon. Photographers and painters gather to capture the beauty of the dahlias and the area. FEATURED in the / Mood & Ambience group / The Weekend Photographer group / The Woman Photographer group / Taken with my Nikon D80 Most Popular / My Favorites / Dahlias / Cards and Collages / Calendars / T-Shirts Please visit my bubblesite. Images are categorized making it easier to find exactly what you are looking for. For my partners photographs and writings, please see Chris Donner’s RB site Thanks for taking the time to enjoy my work. Cee Want to have a cup of latte with me? /

  • Featured in the Woman Photographer, November 9, 2009. This piece is a layer of 2 pictures from my image gallery. Layering and tonal adjustments were completed in Photoshop. Artwork and painting was completed in Corel Painter X using a wacom tablet. Thank you for viewing my art :) Black & White Gallery / Bird Gallery / DIGITAL PORTRAIT PAINTING – PHOTO PAINTING SERVICES / Black Box Frame with Bright White Matting / / Matching Art-Greeting Card / / ADD RENEE TO YOUR WATCHLIST

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