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Originally Posted by ross hamilton hill
Some explanation, I used Millais's painting as a found object, the Wacom tablet and it's pen did not allow me to make a 'copy' since it is not designed for that purpose, rather it gave me a template, I then employed a process used by many others, ie to let mistakes in the technical process create unintended consequences, just as mistakes in silk screening created some of Warhol's famous pictures, here a mistake in using a simple paintbrush app has created new ideas within the image. I was also conscious of Van Gogh who copied Millais but transformed him by using his (Van Gogh's) characteristic impressionist style.
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Interesting experiment, Ross. I'm wondering, now, how such an experiment would work using my ArtRage & mouse---and I might, eventually, give it a try.
All best!
Patricia
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P.S.
Of course, Van Gogh didn't copy Mallais. Instead, he was influenced by the work of
Jean-François Millet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copies_by_Vincent_van_Gogh