DIGITAL ART
Online Graffito, Digital Paintings, and Drawings
Making digital paintings with my computer
I have included here a selection of digital paintings, I made on my computer, by uploading photographs of my paintings; and then, manipulating them, enhancing the qualities I liked, and enjoy, removing those aspects of which I am more critical. Then applying strong primary colours, adding to the drawing; and working on a series of images derived from an original. This has enabled me to experiment with new and exciting imagery, and to do this with great energy and speed, much more so then working with oil paint.
I started making digital paintings, I have found it to be a rewarding way of making images; it is flexible and carries innumerable surprises. An image of a Skull, the background is a solid pink, the Skull is defined in pastel shades.
This is a digital image I made by manipulating a photograph of a painting I had done; it is an image of an African mask.
An image of a woman bathed in a coat of many coloured lights.
This is taken from a photograph of myself, working on the computer allowed me to make multiple versions of an image, and to try out radically different solutions.
A black and white image, the drawing is emphasised; the mask is my own invention.
A painting of an African mask, the original oil painting looks quite different from the version I have made on the computer.
This is a picture of a Poet, the words, and letters of his trade surrounding him.
This is an image made from a photograph of a genuine piece of graffiti I came across not far from where I live. I was impressed and wanted to preserve the image, so I took a photograph; once home, I could not resist putting it on my computer and playing around with the image.
Another Skull, this time with the life force emerging out of the top of the head.
A digital mask in yellow, the eyes, and nose picked out by an ultramarine blue colour; this mask has tusks and represents the spirit of an animal caught in the hunt.
A strong light blue background, the colour of the sky on a summer’s day. An image of a mask, the head defined by yellows, greens, and reds. The outer rim of the mask has a green foliage trim added as decoration, and points to its function in celebrating the earth in ceremonies, songs, and dances.
A digital painting of our first parents, the original oil painting was done in an old barn that I used as a painting studio. The figures form strong diagonals across the canvas, the tree is represented by the vertical green stripe at the centre of the painting, there is no serpent.
This is a detail of a much larger painting, a head, possibly a self-portrait; it is become almost entirely abstract, except for a glimmer of humanity to which the painting clings.
An image made by "Polar Inversion" being applied to my image of a Skull. Now, I have many and diminishing Skulls, moving towards the centre of the canvas. The background a forest green, the area surrounding the Skulls is white.
A storm-tossed world disappearing into the vortex at the centre of the canvas. The central face /mask, an earth spirit.
Another view of the graffiti near to where I live; a duel carriageway road is just visible in the background.
A fiery mask, the hair trims a source of fire; the eyes stare at all outside the world of the canvas, knowingly, and with compassion.
An African mask, the face defined by yellow, purple. The features of eyes, nose, and mouth being simplified and stylised. And this blending into the background composition.
A self-portrait: a photograph of myself put into my computer, and then altered, and manipulated to achieve an almost abstract result. I used a method called "Polar Inversion" to make this image.
Two standing primitive figures, their forms reduced to a flat surface; an outline, the flat design qualities emphasised.
An image I made on my computer, it is one of several poster images I made, with a slogan emblazoned top and bottom. This one is called "Darwin's Ape" and does refer to the theories of the famous scientist.