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Without allowing myself to be drawn into the hopeless morass of life-painting versus photos, let me make some observations.
I suspect a large number of us trying to break-through struggle with devoting time to their art. The constraints of family, modern life & earning a living often leave very little "personal time". (There are few pursuits more self-absorbing than painting.) If I can find 5 hours a week (yes FIVE), I'm doing really good. Purists may deride, and suggest I give it up until I'm able to "be serious", but I hope most of you are more sympathetic.
So, I AM left with "giving it up", or using photos. All painters develop a keener eye than non-painters. (You know, there are only TWO type of people, don't you? Those who paint, and those who don't.) Then, where's the crime in using your god-given, painterly honed, skills of observation to interpret and paint MORE than the eye can see?
By necessity I am (until retirement) bound to my camera and other 2D sources!
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