Some sixty years ago I created my first photo Christmas card. Kodak was offering a lightweight photo paper that could be folded twice into a greeting card format, this was black and white paper, but it allowed a fully personalized holiday greeting. In the following years the pressures on time prevented me more often than not from producing my own cards. But many years I spent some time on a photo, a sketch or a painting, and almost all featured a candle.
More recently, I have the time and the modern tools to engage in this pleasurable activity. For several years I have used a photo that recreated the Christmas tree from my childhood. This year again I have used that image as the basis for my holiday card.
When a friend expressed interest in sharing my work, I decided to add several versions to my catalog at Fine Art America. Here are these images.
These photo-paintings use just a few tones to simplify the the image and to reduce it to the essential message. I hope that these images remind you of the joy and hope of the season.
Happy Holidays!
Ludwig
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Wonderful to see these images, Ludwig, and for years, I also had reprints of my photos made to use on holiday cars, but not so much in recent years. Perhaps, I will consider and do a limited run this year and alter a couple previous images as you have shown. Thanks for the suggestion. Candles are also a favorite subject of mine. Hope your Thanksgiving holiday was happy.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Beatrice! Reworking this and a couple of other candle photos is now officially a holiday tradition! We had a very pleasant Thanksgiving Day and I hope you did too. All the best for the holidays!
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