Bosschaert - Flower Bouquet in Chinese Pot #1 Acrylic Print

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Inspired by the works of Ambrosious Bosschaert and his followers. This arrangement includes flamed tulips commonly seen these paintings. These were precious in those times, there at least two of these flowers, the Semper Augustus and Viceroy that were beyond the reach of even middle class people.The “Semper Augustus” was around 1,000 guilders in 1623 and went all the way to around 5,000 guilders by 1637 which is the equivalent of a house with a garden at the time. The tulip at the top left is very similar to a Semper Augustus

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...