As well as being an engineer and landscape photographer, I am also an artist. All of my art is based on my photography which has been digitally reprocessed and sometimes hand painted.

Hand Painted Photography

The artwork that I am most proud of is my Hand Painted Photography. I think it is a modern take on the traditional technique of hand tinted photographs and hope that it will prove popular. Please have a look in the Hand Painted Photography Gallery. Works are created as follows.

1. I take a photograph of the subject that I want to create a hand painted photograph of. Images that don’t have very strong shadow contrast are better as otherwise the edges will show up in the final painting.
2. Using image manipulation software I turn the photograph into a line drawing, rather like a pen and ink sketch. This can take several steps to get the correct level of detail to show up across the image, often using several blended layers.
3. This finalised outline is then printed to canvas.
4. The canvas outline is then painted using thin acrylic paint. This takes several layers to achieve the level of detail required. Colours can be added when wet to achieve a similar effect to watercolour, or when dry to prevent merging.
5. Once completed the image is scanned to create prints, and then signed.
6. Finally the canvas is stretched onto 38mm gallery stretcher bars and a canvas hanger attached to the back.

My hand printed photography is available as a series of limited and unlimited prints and the original. They can also be bought as cards.

I take commissions for these original creations, just contact me if you have a subject that you would like me to try.

This gallery shows all the steps for the creation of one of my Hand Painted Photographs.

[coming soon]