Barb and I got our start in the photography business, specializing in hand-painted black and photographs using a centuries old technique with artist oils. It was a lot of fun, but very time consuming.

I’m a pastel painter, but haven’t picked up any chalk in a few years – we’ve just been too busy.

We’ve always wanted to find the time to get back to our roots and do some painting. There’s a program that was developed by Corel called “Painter” which simulates the painting process electronically. While you don’t have the same tactile feeling that you have with a brush, charcoal or chalk, it has amazing capabilities.

Somewhat like Vermeer’s camera obscura, photographs can be the inspiration for a painting.

Barb had the opportunity of taking a week-long class taught by a world renowned artist and Painter expert Jeremy Sutton. She was inspired and seeing her work inspired me to dabble.

Here’s some of Barb’s work which she created during and just after her class.