Bring it Together at Home

Work'n at home has been where I've painted most of the time since retiring. I like working at home because all of the needs for comfort while being at work are here in the house. Food, rest room, comfort from the elements, pets and so on, while something can be said for working onsite due to one being exposed to more details of the environment of the subject for the painting, its kind a hard to stand and be committed to spending as much time as it takes in order to get the oil painting finished. I cop out and work from a digital photo. Its not that bad. Somehow digital photos work differently than the old analog photos; one could tell when an flat analog photo was used. The image would usually have extremely sharp edges of objects and it almost always seemed as clear as glass in every part of the painting. Digital photos work differently for we artist who use them. We artist who use them, are much more likely to be able to get a lifelike painting done without being nearby the object but working completely from the computer screen. I can't tell anymore if an artist used a computer generated image or worked setting up 'plein air'. Its simply not readable as it was during the last century's works of 'photo realist' that use to hang on the walls of Museums in the larger cities. My artwork is enjoyable for me to complete at home. The quality of work I produce doesn't seem to me to be hurt by being synthesized in the home studio, so its done here at home for now.