Here did it all start.
I was teaching a Adobe Photoshop course and I wanted the students to learn blending modes and color in a fun way. One day I found a bunch of black and white images and thought this would be the answer to my quest.
So I stared colouring, masking and playing with the image. Making a serious photograph of a goose stepping soldier into a fun half waterbird half soldier.
The have a dark skin but their names are Flemish.
A journey from warm beautiful Ethiopia brought them here.
Seen as strangers in the land they live in, seen as strangers in the land they come from.
They have one advantage, they are forever bounded to each other.
This is something I tried to show in this commission piece. The bare, misty Belgian landscape opposite the rock they float on. They float between their homeland and birth land.
Leave a comment and let me know how you feel about the image, about adopting or the love between a brother and sister. I’d love to hear.
Any creative person fears this awful moment when ideas and inspiration seem to run dry. A plague of every artist no matter if you are a writer, painter, musician or photographer.
This little quirky book is the history of the family Bell. I can guarantee you, they are quiet unique.
The whole family has about 19 pictures and I made a small coffee table book with them, spiced with little stories and fun facts about the person.
The book is set up like a family tree, so you can browse and search for the family connection.
Read about there unique stories.
It’s a translating of a childhood fantasy of having an interested family.
I spend hours browsing old pictures in search of a portrait that could become a new member go the family tree.
Once a portrait is found, the imagination kicks in, adding props and colours, slowly building the character and persona. Using Photoshop to digital hand-colour and manipulate images to make then fun, quirky and surreal.
I often use my own genealogy as a guide to get the dates right, couldn’t have a family tree where the mum is older than grandma.
This is an absolute great little gift for a friend or yourself.
You can now order “The perfectly bizarre and fake Family Bell’ in Etsy only €35 or $40 shipping included.
Why not give someone something different as a present, they will love it and certainly put a smile on their face.
The perfectly bizarre and fake Family Bell on Etsy
The model with the artwork.
The 60x60cm size is going to a good and warm home. It is such a wonderful feeling to make someone happy with my art.
All my art are limited editions 10, 3 and 1 and 1 AP depending on the size. No more will be made.
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