ART LESSON

I was trained as a fine artist.

Which meant I had to face a blank canvas

and "make" a picture.

Decisions had to be made about subject, color, composition, etc.

By way of contrast cameras "take" pictures.

What's the difference between taking a picture

and making a picture?

It's a question I faced with the advent of computers

and

was the bridge.

The first time I experimented with it I thought,

...damn, I wish I could paint like that.

My first impression was there are limitations

to it.  My second was that within those limitations

were infinite possibilities.

Here are some samples about how the fine

artist transitioned and adapted to the computer

and the digital age.

How to make a picture from taking a picture.  Carrying

it to the level of fine art.



This is my daughter Sabrina

Ipolani the other daughter

Scroll down on the right to categories and

click on digital for more.

This brings us to another subject.  The

business of creating an image by painting

on canvas is history and by extension

the galleries that show them are on their way out.

Nobody has the time to learn to draw freehand.

Even if you do a drawing it has to be digitalized and posted on-line to be seen.  So why not do it on-line

to begin with. The logistics of viewing art in physical

space is prohibited.

There are programs just for that.  They're a little

crude right now but they will advance.

It take's a lot of time and energy to learn to draw. 

Nobody has that kind of time especially when you can do it on a computer.  Put the time into the computer instead of the old fashion pencil.

Trouble is now there's nothing to sell.  Just like

music. There is so much that is free why would you want to spend money on vinyl?

Then you poses something in physical space. It needs to

be taken care of.  Stored and moved and it is deteriorating all the time.

Why get dressed, ride across town, locate parking and

go into a gallery.  Eat some cheese, drink some wine,

talk to some people and look at thirty canvases.

Then go home, get undressed, smoke a dube and sit in front of your computer and look at thousands upon thousands of stunning images absolutely free till your eyes fall out.

Fifteen galleries have come and gone in the last three to four years here in Asbury Park.

The handwriting is on the wall.

Your looking at the future.

......Capt Flash