Owl on February 25th, 2010

Spider Assesses a Web Page, originally uploaded by purple0wl.

Why does fine art have to have the monopoly of abstracts? Actually I think most cartoons are abstracts. They use notations to express actions and emotions that are not at all what you actually see in real life.
Here we see a web spider, doubtless one of Google’s [...]

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Owl on January 14th, 2010

Bicycle Snake. Beware!, originally uploaded by purple0wl.

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Owl on December 9th, 2009

Christmas Card originally uploaded by purple0wl.
As you’ll see by the iPod Classic, these robins first saw the light a while ago.
They are taking the stage while I quietly panic behind the scenes, trying to think of what to draw or paint for this year’s card.

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Owl on November 1st, 2009

Phoenix Awaits the Bonfires , originally uploaded by purple0wl.
Bonfire night is bonanza time for the phoenix! Here he prepares for the Fifth of November. Well, the 6th actually. He will have to wait for the ashes from which he can rise again.
The image of the phoenix too has gone through quite a few resurrections on [...]

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Owl on October 7th, 2009

Week 32: Alberto Giacometti, originally uploaded by purple0wl.
This week I’ve been posing on my iphone for a portrait by Alberto Giacometti
Mind you, I had to diet a bit, but I learned a lot…
Copying famous artists’ styles is a wonderful way of discovering your own iphone or ipod finger painting style.
Added to this, [...]

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Owl on September 27th, 2009

It occurs to me that people who do not accept the legitimacy of digital art are not asking themselves “Is it Art?” but “Is it Photography?”
Critics of  art works created in computer art software – Corel Painter for instance – seem to regard drawing as some kind of fairground trick. Regardless of the often quoted [...]

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Owl on September 23rd, 2009

Week 29: Small, originally uploaded by purple0wl.

Run any iphone painting through the photo app 101 PhotoEffects, and even if you don’t transform your finger work into a masterpiece, you’ll learn a lot.
This seascape was painted on my iPhone in the app Inspire.
In Inspire you can choose how much paint to load onto your brush, [...]

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