Hi Folks! Let me introduce you to my Grandfather, Seth. You may recall a couple of posts back I created a painting from one of his old photographs. Even though we only met once, that I can remember, he seems to have influenced me in my art. You see, Seth was quite the avid photographer, which is a pastime I got into in high school. I had wondered for a long time where that came from because no one in my family was into photography. When I found out how much he liked to take photos (even had his own darkroom) I always liked to think that, just maybe, that’s where I got it from.
Anyway, I ran across this old photo of Seth and I wanted to try to turn it into a painting with a kind of late 19th-century/early 20th-century look. It took some finagling to turn it into something I liked. It kept ending up either too much like a photo or it became unrecognizable as a painting. I think I struck a happy medium.