Photography often inspires art, such as paintings, drawings, sculpture and even crafts. Photography itself is viewed as an art. Creativity is inspired using any type of media. This week’s weekly photo challenge is Life Imitates Art , asking photographers to find artwork to imitate through a photo.
Years ago, I used to dabble in painting and drawing. Fast forward to 2009, I mentioned to my windsurfing husband that I used to paint, after we discovered a flat piece of plywood worn down by the river. I thought it would make a fabulous canvas for a windsurfing painting. I found something online and kind of copied it.
As years went by, I have taken scads of windsurf photos. One late summer day, as the sun was setting low in the sky, I took some shots of my hubby sailing. Upon looking back on the photos, I realized that the above photo looks very much like my painting.
Here is my painting:
Here is the photo I found that helped inspire it.
Indeed, leisure imitates and creates art.
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Your painting is very good! And, it looks just like the photo. Beautiful!
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Thank you, PJ! I really need to do more.
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Yes, because you are very good at it!
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I dig both the photo and the painting. Great work!
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Thanks so much!
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Such vibrant colors — good job!
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Thank you, Erica!
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I always enjoy your water/wind/sail posts. Thanks for the eye candy! 🙂
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Terri, I always enjoy your shots of water/wind/sails. Thank you for the eye candy! 🙂
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Thanks, Janet, I appreciate hearing that!
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Amazing comparison.
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Thank you!
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Beautiful!
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Your photo inspired art is awesome! I hope you have is displayed somewhere where you get to see it often.
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Thanks, Michele! It hangs in our trailer we keep at our windsurf camp.
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Keep up the painting, Terri, it’s fabulous.
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Thank you, Hugh!
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Love!
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Oh wow! Ok that just gave me goosebumps…can you say Universe….whoa! When I saw the first picture I thought it such a fantastic picture and the sun is so huge…and then your painting is amazing, I love it..and finally the picture that inspired your painting. But I think your painting looks so much like the picture of your husband. In your painting in the sky on the left side there almost looks as if there is a face there, could it be you watching your future husband? Hmmm
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haha, Deb, you are deep! Thank you for the great compliment! I think that splotch in my painting was a depressed area in the plywood. Maybe the ghost of a former windsurfer 🙂
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Maybe, but I prefer to believe it’s you. Hee hee 😊
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Terri you are so talented. I love your painting and I always love your photography. I wish I was more creative perhaps I should just try more. You have inspired me. Have a great week.
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Oh, you are too kind, my friend! You inspire me!
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I love your painting Terri and wish that you would do more. It is really a good piece.
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Thank you, Lisa! I may have received my grandmother’s painting DNA 🙂
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👍🎨
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That’s some serious talent!
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Why thank you!
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