Flower Bouquet on a Ledge Acrylic Print

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Inspired by Ambrosious Bosschaert's masterpiece of the same name. Bosschaert used a smaller roemer with spikes, I used a large one although eventually I will produce another bouquet on a smaller roemer. He also painted a hilly background which is improbable to be inspired by his natal county The Netherlands. My rendering is not meant to be a replica, but rather use a similar composition. You can see the original Bosschaert painting at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. You can see both my rendering and the original going here http://levinrodriguez.blogspot.com/2012/09/dutch-golden-age-still-life-at-los_1.html

You love paintings, you would love to paint but you have trained yourself as a photographer. Can you merge your two artistic passions? I did…. I grew up admiring classic paintings, specially the Renaissance and the Dutch Golden Age periods.There is one particular feature of Dutch Golden Age paintings that led me to believe that I could try to reproduce them. Their level of detail is unparalleled in painting history, they look like photographs. Some are so detailed, that they can trick you into the removal of an ant or to scare away a fly. I decided to use a photographic camera to replace the hard work of the brushes, paint, the strokes.This is how I came up with the concept of Photographic Painting, which is the creation of a...