Saltaire gallery hosts Bradford artist's work (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)

Leaves me cold!!

I like the fact that, even though he's a successful and established artist, he continues to explore media and methods rather than sticking with a formula.

absolute genius. innovative as always!

Bradfordrhythm wrote:
absolute genius. innovative as always!

eh?
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Photoshop has just had its 20th anniversary, and many, many artists and people have been using it to create artwork since its beginning.
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You may as well say hes innovative for using a pencil in his career.

His generosity and work was one of the things that enabled Mr Silver to make a go of the mill, like it or loath it his art helped put Saltaire on the map and brought in lots of visitors before world heritage status was bestowed.

Rambo wrote:

Bradfordrhythm wrote:
absolute genius. innovative as always!

eh?
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Photoshop has just had its 20th anniversary, and many, many artists and people have been using it to create artwork since its beginning.
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You may as well say hes innovative for using a pencil in his career.

This is true, but very very few people use Photoshop purely as a painting tool, which, from the look of the work, is what David Hockney has done.
Most people use Photoshop to manipulate or merge existing images.
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And depending on what you do with it, using a pencil could be pretty innovative too...!

ms walker wrote:

Rambo wrote:

Bradfordrhythm wrote: absolute genius. innovative as always!

eh? . Photoshop has just had its 20th anniversary, and many, many artists and people have been using it to create artwork since its beginning. . You may as well say hes innovative for using a pencil in his career.

This is true, but very very few people use Photoshop purely as a painting tool, which, from the look of the work, is what David Hockney has done. Most people use Photoshop to manipulate or merge existing images. . And depending on what you do with it, using a pencil could be pretty innovative too...!

No, there are many people who do it. I know, its my field. The only difference is unlike DH they aren't household names or strictly professional artists.
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Go over to conceptart.org or deviantart.com and have a look, huge online resources showcasing hundreds of thousands of digital artists from beginners to pros and masters like Hockney.

Rambo wrote:

ms walker wrote:

Rambo wrote:

Bradfordrhythm wrote: absolute genius. innovative as always!

eh? . Photoshop has just had its 20th anniversary, and many, many artists and people have been using it to create artwork since its beginning. . You may as well say hes innovative for using a pencil in his career.

This is true, but very very few people use Photoshop purely as a painting tool, which, from the look of the work, is what David Hockney has done. Most people use Photoshop to manipulate or merge existing images. . And depending on what you do with it, using a pencil could be pretty innovative too...!

No, there are many people who do it. I know, its my field. The only difference is unlike DH they aren't household names or strictly professional artists.
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Go over to conceptart.org or deviantart.com and have a look, huge online resources showcasing hundreds of thousands of digital artists from beginners to pros and masters like Hockney.

Mine also, Rambo! And I'm familiar with deviantart.com :-)
I'm finding this current batch of work very interesting though, because the digital art that isn't done by manipulating existing images tends to use the subtler airbrushing tools and a lot of masking, paths and layers. As graphic illustration, it's very good, but there's something very painterly - almost old-fashioned - about the way Hockney's working, which is kind of incongruent with the technology he's using. And it's very interesting when looked at in the context of his previous work.