Archive for February 10th, 2010
Photographer Meets Oil Painting
Last weekend I was on an art binge (probably because of the new museum opening) and stopped by a gallery tent at a local mall. I fell hard for the original oil painting shown here and surprised my wife with it. She loves it as much as I do. It will probably hang prominently above the television we never watch. (Hmm…maybe I should put it in place of the television we never watch.)
I’m posting this because a funny thing happened when I started taking pictures of it. At first I tried to capture the painting in its entirety. As soon as I nailed that I automatically began making the images below. What the hell was I doing? Making smaller compositions out of this painting as if the wooden frame were a window? It was a surreal moment when I realized what I had done. I’m not sure if this reflects on my instincts as a photographer or on the painters mastery. Maybe both? I can dream…
