A few nice photo canvas images I found:
"Garden Retreat" by Dale Gehrman
Image by steveleenow
Oil on Canvas by Dale Gehrman.
Limited edition numbered prints of Dale's work, including "Garden Retreat" were once available thru the Prints and Persspectives website, but the site has not been updated in a long time and e-mails that I sent asking about his work in 2012 went unanswered.
From time to time, original copies of his work as well as framed copies of his prints show up on E-Bay. But buyer beware: there are sites that sell posters of his work but the quality of those images is often very poor. Only purchase a print of his work if the seller says it is a limited edition and comes with a certificate of authenticity. Original paintings will usually have many photos of the painting, either framed or unframed with the E-Bay listing.
"We Are All Artists..."
Image by raider3_anime
... Whether we choose to acknowledge it or not.
Some of us draw. Some write. Some make music, whether they compose it from what they hear in their head, or they mix it from what they like. Some sculpt, or use welding torches, rivet guns, or smelting crucibles.
A lot of us take photos, or create their illustrations in digital format. Some work with 3D modeling.
Some take up the needle and thread, whether they modify existing patterns, or make their own.
Some take joy in breaking out the brush, foundation, eyeliner, lipstick, and nail polish, and work to achieve their ideal vision of beauty and style. Some even use their own bodies as their canvas.
In any case... We Are All Artists.
(Here's A Story I Wrote Right This Moment: Long ago and far away, there was a girl named Julie Anne. She felt like she was an outsider for so long, that people didn't truly understand her [Whether or not it was because she was afraid to show as much of herself to people around her, even to her closest friends and family.], so she chose to go through life, letting people think she was aloof or anti-social. For a while, she thought she was okay with that, but was just another lie.
So, she went through the motions of a daily life, and a normal job, and hobbies to give her a sense of purpose, wandering from place to place, looking for somewhere where she wouldn't feel like an outcast.
In her dreams, she's pouring out her heart, and confessing her feelings to someone, truly wishing "...I could find a place where I feel I'm at home."
And then, in that dream, the person she's talking to looks her in the eyes, and says, with all the sincerity in the world, "Julie.... You are home."
... And then Julie Anne cried such deep, cleaning tears of happiness....
Someday, somewhere, somehow - That dream will become a reality, no matter how long it takes, or how hard the road may be.)
Flower Sellers - final
Image by Ujwala Prabhu
One more attempt, this time larger, with the beautiful reference i have from Manu. Breaking away from the earlier style which was easier in smaller sizes. 30" X 36" acrylic on canvas
