Painting From Life vs. From Photos
We have recently been discussing the role of photography in painting (e.g., Art News Blog, Making a Mark, Edward Winkleman). Yesterday I travelled to Amsterdam to interview Dan Bodner, an artist who has achieved success painting from cityscape photos. What impressed me, along with the quality of the work, was the way this artist has conceptualized the photo’s role in his creative process. The artist’s words and paintings will appear in the next post.
I got impatient and did a search for Dan Bodner.
His work is quite impressive Karl. I think the trick is to make your work not look like a photograph, even if you did use a photograph.
So people laughing or running usually look like the artist used a photograph.