Vanitas with Music Instruments and Window Canvas Print

Unusual Vanitas that shows a view to the exterior. The broken glass is a symbol praising modesty and respect for others (it is advisable not to throw rocks to others when you live in a house with glass windows). The playing cards and dice symbolize the fruitless pursuit of gambling, the clock symbolizes the unstoppable nature of time and the need to use it wisely while alive. The skull symbolizes the transience of life.

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...