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Over the 15 years that I've been posting on this forum there have been plenty of discussions regarding photo vs life. And I've stated my preference for the record: from near life in an open field at midnight during a thunderstorm.
My point above is that all these arguments may soon become moot with the relentless approach of technology. We painters may soon go the way of the bricklayer and the passenger pigeon.
Of course this fate is not a certainty. As I argued in my essay paintings have fended off the camera for all these years. It does tend to push me more toward the more painterly approach, which is difficult to avoid with all that rain and hail hitting the canvas.
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Mike McCarty
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