Capitol-Painting.jpg
Yep, that's cat's painting of the state capitol building in Columbia, South Carolina, and it's hanging as the main lobby art piece for the Hilton Hotel Convention Center property. Kewl :)
(I don't live in South Carolina; this was a commission I did.)
02-DEC-2007
Cats_Cover.jpg
This is Issue #11. I haven't received it yet, but my friend, Sue, in the UK
sent me a scan of the cover to show me that my artwork was on it! Kewl :)
issue-9-.jpg
Well, I thought it was probably be a once in a lifetime thing when I had a tutorial printed in issue #8, but I have two tutorials and a Q&A in Issue #9 :)
1st-Corel-Tutorial.jpg
The October '07 issue of Corel Painter magazine has my tutorial in it.
Challenge-2.jpg
Imagine my surprise.
I had just posted the previous image, a runner-up in the first Corel Painter magazine challenge, and a friend in one of the forums told me I had also won First Place in another challenge with this painting! I owe so much to the Corel Painter people. Besides making their awesome digital art programs available, they've chosen my work for recognition in 3 competitions.
I am humbled and grateful.
With these virtual brushes I've discovered a whole new world of possibilities for my art.
Thank you, Corel Painter.
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This was an "also ran" (runner-up), but I was happy to have a thumbnail of it in the 4th issue of Corel Painter magazine. It was a manipulation combining several photos. The urn began as a mushroom :)
(Thanks, Keith)
Christmas-Wishes-.jpg
First Place entry in Karen Bonaker's
Painter Talk forum Christmas Challenge 2006
catbounds.jpg
Thanksgiving 2006 competition at
Marilyn Sholin's Paint Outside the Frame forum
I won first place using PhotoShop CS & Painter IX.5
The challenge was to choose among several photos, combine
three of them into one composition and create a painting
from that combination
http://www.digitalpaintingforum.com/
2006 Corel Photo Art Master Contest
I took this photo in spring of 2006 with my Rebel XT. My painting of it won
first place in the 2006 Corel Photo Art Master contest.
My bio appeared in the October issues of Shutterbug Magazine and the Corel online newsletter
Marilyn Sholin's Paint Outside the Frame October 2006 Challenge
I painted this using Painter IX.5 for a challenge
at Marilyn Sholin's Paint Outside the Frame forum
in October of 2006. It won first place
Ali-for-RTP-higher-res.jpg
Original photo is the property of Danny Raphael
and may not be used for any purpose without written
permission. I painted it using Painter IX and Art History in
PhotoShop with some Dodging for a competition at Doug Nelson's
Retouch Pro forum in November of 2005
It won first prize
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Painted using Art History brushes in PhotoShop
for Phyllis Stewart's April 2005 Innographx forum contest
It received Honorable Mention
