The Original on left. Antonio del Ceraiolo, Italy, 1520, CAM 1854.138,
30" x 40", Madonna & Child with St. John the Baptist. On
the right the same image with the faces of the patrons wife and sons PhotoShoped
in.
Painting at the Cincinnati Art
Museum, On the right a Black & white image credited to United Press
International
A brief talk on painting a copy.
Henry, the painting on left, the PhotoShoped image on right
Tristan, the painting on left, the PhotoShoped image on right
Susanne, the painting on left, the PhotoShoped image center, Poser right
The painting on left 30" x 36", the original 30" x 40"
on right
Your face in a Masterpiece
Pick any painting in the Cincinnati Art Museum and Tom with your face
in it.
Tom learned to paint under a Master.
His master encouraged Tom to go paint copies in the museum. Tom would
paint his friends faces into the works he was copying. He became know
for doing this and recently was commission to paint his patrons wife and
children into Antonio del Antonio del Ceraiolo's "Madonna and Child
with St. John the Baptist, c 154.138, 1520. The 30" x 40" oil
on board hangs at the top of the right hand steps as you enter the Cincinnati
Art Museum. Tom works in the museum during the week bringing all his materials
with him. It is an old tradition to allow artists to copy from the original
and at the Cincinnati Art Museum all you have to do is show up with a
5' x 5' waterproof tarp and plastic containers along with paints, brushes,
easel, etc. and you can work from the original as long as you are four
feet away and do not leave your stand.
