Happily married.

 

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My goal is to organize and make available new or better images to the online art community and have fun at the same time!

 

Image restoration:

 

Unique, high resolution, restored art and illustration with full untrimmed image. Many of my images are scans from my modest art library. As needed, I digitally restore images combining two or more images of the same artwork to add missing edges for the highest resolution image available. Older illustrations often require extensive restoration. I have probably put too much work and research is put into most of the images I upload!

 

Online Art book:

My photostream can be read like an art book or picture book. The images have been uploaded in a deliberate order to make them most pleasurable and coherent to view. I include the artwork’s basic information and often additional background with links to biographies, museums or other pertinent sites.

 

Theme:

Works are compiled by theme - Artist, time period, season or subject. My albums are carefully arraigned for easy reference.

 

Copyright laws:

Newer images are under the doctrine of fair use for nonprofit educational purposes only. In sharing art, we must honor copyright laws and the artistic rights and sources of the artists.

 

So let us enjoy and learn more about art together!

 

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"Beauty dwells together with Goodness and Truth in the heart of the Creator and his creation. When beauty is deconstructed, goodness and truth inevitably follow in its wake."

- Louis Markos

 

"A picture is a poem without words." – Horace

 

"A thing of beauty is a joy forever" - John Keats

  

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Examples of a few restoration projects:

 

Extensive Projects:

 

Image Version 1: Highest resolution and clarity, but over cropped edges. I will use this for my primary image.

 

Image Version 2: Lower resolution, includes full, un-cropped edges (these missing edges may include simple boarders or partial figures which need to be carefully restored).

 

Image Version 3: Highest resolution image, but only includes a small portion of the artwork.

 

Image Version 4: Large, but low clarity photo of the artwork, taken at an angle so that it is out of proportion, yet includes the frame and natural lighting.

 

I will use all four of these versions to digitally complete the highest quality accurate image.

 

 

Simple Projects:

 

The original image, say a print of an illustration, is in good shape, but… the lighting is dim, the colors are washed out or part of the illustrator’s signature is cropped off.

 

In these instances I will gently lighten and restore the colors, and clean the background blemishes. I may need to check samples of the illustrator’s signature and restore the full signature to the piece. Simple and done!

 

 

 

Additional Examples:

 

Scans. Scans always take time to make them look like the original (someday I may have a better quality scanner :)

 

 

Refreshing vintage book plates:

 

  

Complete rebuild of a vintage magazine:

 

  

Occasional variation from the original artwork. All changes noted and referenced:

 

  

Computer wallpapers. I expand the sides of an artwork to computer screen sizes:

 

  

My goal on these projects is to have a uniquely restored image which is now a legitimate addition to the online community, a beneficial addition to Flickr, and a pleasure to those who view it.

 

So now let's enjoy art!

  

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