If you like our writing, we’d be much obliged if you would click the ❤️ or the 🔁 icon on this post so more collectors, art lovers, and artists can discover us on Substack. 🙏 A daily newsletter featuring today’s finest visual artists. Today's Newsletter is Brought to You by FASO.FASO Loves Arthur Gain’s oil paintings! See More of Arthur Gain’s art by clicking here. Wouldn’t You Love to work with a website hosting company that actually promotes their artists?As you can see, at FASO, we actually do, and, Click the button below to start working BoldBrush Recommends: Janus RoseBiographyIn studying for my BFA in Art with a major in printmaking I was classically trained in all forms of the discipline. After graduation I entered the pre-press commercial printing world transitioning from mechanical to digital presses. Eventually my natural design workflow included Photoshop to plan my compositions and retouch photographs. Once I retired from advertising, without deadlines or commissions, I was able to expand my skills and really explore the artistic advantages of adjustable, interactive layers, and pursue my own subject matter. I thought I would transfer my images to traditional media, but realized that the art was in the planning. Slavish copying to traditional media was not my inclination and I found it stifled my creativity. It seemed an unnecessary step as I had already perfected my images. It was not long before I was challenging myself to stop relying on photographic pixels altogether and start creating images from scratch. Tweaking programs to do my bidding is a new way of creating, but I still I use a 27" display as my canvas and a standard mouse as my brush. My realistic images, in particular the Anachronisms Series, comment on the transition from analog to digital in everyday life. Creating Art is about Creating Magic. New Artwork by FASO Members Your art could be here tomorrow, for free. |