Just another image...

Originally an oil on canvas painting, then photographed and scanned and 'shopped until...

An index of sorts

• My art gallery (of sorts!) contains a mix of oils, ink, texta and carpet cleaner
• If you like this sort of thing, my aviation pics blog is here
  
• More specifically my aviation gallery is here
• Even more specifically my airliner art is here
• My floral pics are in this gallery
• And also here, but with extra added animals as well
• And I have an automobile gallery - Austins to Volkswagens via Alfas
  

You'll find lots of images if you poke around on those sites - some are scanned from negatives or prints, or photographed digitally - and some will be 'Photoshopped to death'. I offer no apologies for this, it's merely an extension of the weird and wonderful world of darkroom developing and printing that I entered a long, long time ago!

Yet more images

OK, I like photography. It gives me the same artistic kick as painting or drawing except it's so much quicker. I know, I know, it's like fast-food art. We tend to value painting and drawing so much more because it's a labour of love, but we should not forget that a good photo can also consume time and effort - not just in composition but either in the old-fashioned darkroom or the new fangled digital 'darkroom'. So here are some of my latest efforts... some of these are actually acrylic paint on wood, photographed with the Nikon and then manipulated in Photoshop. Well I like 'em anyway!

Digital tampering - effects and filters

In a moment of weakness I altered some images... like these... using Photoshop. Basically using the artistic filters to blur, resize, change aspect ratios and then alter the texture and colour with brushes and effects. Using the brushes effectively - to digitally repaint the picture takes time (I use a mouse, not a tablet or anything fancy). It can get bizarre, layering effect upon filter... but it can also result in interesting new images.