Marie Antoinette
by Omaste Witkowski
Title
Marie Antoinette
Artist
Omaste Witkowski
Medium
Painting - Digital Photographs
Description
I see a majestic woman very sad. The intensity of the red displays the royal nature of the painting and the blue conveys just how sad she feels. Royalty and family and duty didn't make for a happy ending. Doves of peace fly and dancers entertain. People are all around her and yet she is alone. Other expectations are too much and her downfall was her fate.
This painting started as a photograph of a piece of glass artwork created by Garth Mudge of Glassworks in Winthrop, Wa. It was taken with a Macro lens and is a very small section of the overall object. In this particular photograph I have gone in by hand and painted over the original image. Adding my own textures and visions to the shapes and colors I started with.
The colors are vivid and alive due to the way that I am illuminating the glass art as I am taking the picture. In a way I am photographing the light as it passes through the object. Creating art from light or art from glass art? Either way I see creating art from life and from existing art.
I have been a professional photographer for many years but it is only recently that I have been photographing glass at any level. It is such an exciting experience to discover these images. I almost feel like an archeologist as I explore a small hidden word and reveal the treasures within.
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February 20th, 2013
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