Released on: October 19, 2007, 8:05 am

Press Release Author: Van Tiem LLC

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Press Release Summary: little stories to tell -a coffee table book that features
over 80 storybook portraits using a new fusion of mediums: traditional photography,
graphic design and digital painting. But is this art?
You be the judge! Available for purchase for $49.95 on amazon.com, borders.com and
the artists website at wwww.gallery-portraits.com


Press Release Body: Thumbing through the pages you may find yourself asking, is it a
photograph or a painting? The answer is yes! "I'm utilizing all my experience with
natural media, digital media, design and photography, and combining them." V.Van
Tiem explains. " I start with a photograph taken in a studio I designed for natural
and real portraits-this becomes the foundation. Skin tones are digitally
airbrushed, and I digitally paint in, with oils or watercolors, all the little
embellishments that add to the story telling. So, is it a photograph or a painting?
Yes."


David hockney brought to the forefront what has now been coined the "hockney
theory"; hockney contends that the great master painters had a secret-they used an
optic lens to project the image onto their canvas. This gave unbelievable, almost
photographic details that were otherwise impossible, "They used the technology of
their day to create a new form of art. I guess that's where I am, somewhere new and
in-between. But art nonetheless." Adds victoria


Web Site: http://www.gallery-portraits.com

Contact Details: V.Van Tiem Gallery Portraits
12701 Meetinghouse Rd.
Carmel, IN 46032
317.574-9800