A New Way to be an "Artist" !!!

I have always had a keen appreciation for the abilities of those who could paint. I liked water colors, acrylics, and oils and thought that some "mixed media" images were great. Some time ago I thought: "how complicated and difficult can this be"? After all I could look at an image and reproduce it couldn't I?? Well the answer was no I couldn't (at least not to my expectations). I took some classes but was never satisfied with my progress, although I admit my expectations were completely unrealistic. Because I see the world in vivid contrasting color, I naturally gravitated to photography, with emphasis on nature, wildlife, and landscape. As I developed my photographic skills in the areas of light, composition, and editing of such images, I started to experiment with certain software applications that could make my "realistic" images captured in camera to more "artistic" renderings which started to look more like paintings.

The above image is a still life taken in Cappadoccia, Turkey a few years ago. I liked the image which was taken in a pottery factory, but think I like it even more, now that I have placed my artistic touch to it.

It is almost as if I have come full circle. From wanting to be a good painter, to actually becoming a good photographer, to hopefully becoming a good "artist" through my photographic images.

Cheers for now;

Live well and prosper
Dennis