Pre-AMD Works
I taught myself how to paint many years ago by copying photographs of paintings by two Masters.
The first is a detail of a much larger painting by Leonardo DaVinci titled: Virgin and Child with Saint Anne. The second is a portrait by Rembrandt of Hendrickje Stoffels.
The purpose for including them is to show that although I needed more training I did realize it was in the doing of the paintings that I learned the most. That was to pay close attention to what was in front of me and not to miss the secrets and wisdom within. It’s all in how you look at it.
DA VINCI
A detail copied from Leonardo da Vinci's Virgin and Child with Saint Anne. Reproduced from a photograph with full visual acuity.
Copying da Vinci and Rembrandt taught me how to paint. I hoped to develop a portfolio that one day might help me gain acceptance at an art restoration school. Fifty years later, and now with AMD, I am not as hopeful about achieving a career in art restoration.
REMBRANDT
A portrait copied from Rembrandt's painting of Hendrickje Stoffels. Reproduced from a photograph with full visual acuity.
These pre-AMD works serve as calibration — a record of the artist's technical facility when vision was unimpaired. The contrast with the post-AMD series is the project's central data point.