DIGITAL ART (is it really Art) ?

        DIGITAL ART (is it really Art), well I can tell you that the answer is unequivocally yes, whether it is generated by a computer or guided by a human hand, it truly is a form of art.

        Some skeptics will contend that it's not creative when a computer program designs a work of art, and I would agree with that even though some of it is really cool.

        The digital art I'm talking about is designed on a computer but not computer generated.  For many years I owned a restaurant, the hours were very demanding and it was difficult to find time to paint.  I was able to be creative on my lunch breaks while sitting at my office computer.  I would think of concepts and paintings I wanted to do and design them with the intention of painting them one day.

In Search of the 70's, by Zmakey

Yikes, by Zmakey

   Well since then I have actually painted several of them, but with the majority of the designs, I have left alone because I love the effects achieved and I feel they look better left digital.

Watermelon, by zmakey

Floral delight,by Zmakey

Strawberry of a Different Hue, by Zmakey

Ion nights, by Zmakey

      In the future more and more abstract art will be designed on a computer but nothing will ever replace the stroke of a brush.

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WHAT IS AN IMPRESSIONIST

       To begin with an impressionist artist paints what they see.
  You would perceive it as a recognizable scene with possibly a brighter use of color and enhanced brush strokes.  But what scene does an impressionist artist actually place on canvas and could it really be called abstract.

        A great example of Impressionist art is Monet's Iris Garden At Givenry.  It is well documented that Monet had failing vision in his later years due to cataracts in both eyes, but the result of this painting was amazing,  it was a hazy or almost abstract look at reality.

        I contend that although impressionism is a form of realism, it is in fact abstract by definition.
       When examining a painting of Claude Monet (Water Lilies #40) for example, we see hanging vines that jump off the canvas as if they are swaying in all directions, bright reflections dominate the water, while the lilies remain colorful and calm in the bottom.

        
        Below is a wonderful explosion of color by Renior, his uses flowers with bursting color, all leaning toward the sun, to actually give the painting movement and life.

        Eugene Boudin provides another interesting abstract Impressionist painting below, titled Sky At Sunset.  Boudin seamed to emphasize a magnificent sky in his art and this piece was no exception.  The sky and landscape are carefully blended together separated only by the sea which gives the whole painting meaning.  Truly beautiful and abstract.

        
        The reality is in my opinion, that the use of movement, shapes and color while  presenting a seemingly realistic picture is actually abstract.

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