I have a sad case of 'Painter's envy'. I don't know what else to call it, I'm just so envious of persons who draw and paint really well. For as long as I can remember, I have had a desire to be a great painter (canvas, not home exteriors - not that anything's wrong with that!).

Now, I come from an artistic family - my sister is naturally gifted at drawing realistic looking images. My mom, a college art lecturer, paints well. My aunt was also a trained art teacher and my dad, um...well he can paint a pretty picture reminiscing about West Indies cricket dominance in the 80's.

Okay, so wanted to be a painter. At one point I thought I could develop certain essential skills from seeing, up close, the works of master painters. Of course I had to go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

What I saw there was breathtaking and awe inspiring. After being moved to shed a tear over a painting of, I believe, a bowl of fruit by Van Gogh or Cezanne, I knew something had rub off on me that day.

Upon my return to Jamaica I set about to test my new skill at painting. I believe it was while trying to perfect stick man no. 7 standing under an yellow coconut tree that I realized, maybe I wasn't meant to paint.

Nowadays I try to paint with my camera, often taking photos of images rendered somewhat abstractly, hoping that maybe someone will see it and wonder, "is that a painting?".

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written by Dwayne Gray , May 05, 2008

Those pictures are excellent. Remind me of what I am trying to do myself as an amature. What kind of market is there for this kind of work? and what kind of printer, print media?

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written by Neil , May 29, 2008

There is quite a market for this kind of work. I have sold a number of prints of the images printed with an Epson printer.

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