The iPad Artist

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Here are two brand new digital paintings created over the last couple of days from cell phone images I shot at the 2014 California State Fair in the Fur & Feathers exhibit.  The animals are always are so amazing and I was especially struck by these two beauties– a rooster and a bantam.  Seems like there is great potential for art everywhere I look and even if I don’t have my pro camera with me I know I can capture and create something anytime and anywhere!   You can see the before and afters in the image here.

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Creating digital art is a realm I am completely passionate about. It’s so great to see someone of David Hockney’s caliber making art on his iPad!  Hockney is a world renown artist from Great Britain and his influence is felt all over the art world.  Early on he started making art using apps on his iPhone and iPad. Personally, I love seeing such an important artist embracing the digital art realm and breathing life into this fresh corner of the world of art this way.  In a recent article he was asked where he saw the art world going.  He said “I don’t know where it’s going, really, who does? But art will be there.”  Yes, and art always has been there since the beginning of man–  we humans have always sought ways to create.

So, it makes me think.  Art is expression and no matter the medium it’s an expression that speaks, often loudly.  From practical invention to object of joy.

I love an original one of a kind piece of art.  But even more I love the minds eye that speaks through an artist.  iPad, napkin, scratch paper, recording, oil, pastel, clay, word, marble, sound, food…  Does the medium really matter?  Art makes you feel.  No matter the vehicle used to express the singular point of view the artist speaks, reveals, sings–  in their own unique voice.

Art is something that never previously existed and now because a creative soul pushed past fear or hesitation, confusion,  rapture, spirit or joy and brought an idea to life.   That intangible, now captured in some form, exists.

To the brave creative souls of this world– I thank you for I have been moved by you.

You can read more about artist David Hockney in two separate and really interesting articles– One on Huffington Post and the others the NYT blog.

If you’re interested in learning more about creating art with apps I’m teaching a workshop about it — creating art on the iPad and iPhone called The iPad Artist.  You can learn more about it HERE and sign up too!  For the first five people who do sign up I’m cutting the price in half!  Be one of the first five and join this amazing digital realm of art at your fingertips– whenever, wherever inspiration strikes! SIGN UP!

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About charr

Charr Crail is a Northern California photographer and artist with an avid passion for creating unique digital imagery. Charr, a full-time freelance photographer, spans the divide between photojournalism and extraordinary art via photography and can trace back her evolution as an photographer/artist from three dominant sources. Her father made his living as a newspaper photographer and as soon as he could, was taking young Charr, then four, on assignments to capture a lifetime of experiences and images. He instilled a sense of adventure and curiosity in her as they would often meander down unknown country roads of the South – just to see and capture what was out there. Soon after, Charr would develop her eye for photography and journalism as “the river that runs through everything she does”. Charr’s mother blessed her daughter with the ability to appreciate art in its various mediums. Further, her mother was able to pass along the joy, satisfaction and excitement one can experience in actively creating something beautiful. It’s no surprise, then, that Charr would become a photojournalist and later a photo editor spanning two decades working for Northern California publications including The Sacramento Bee. Often, her assignments would include community events with a “close to home” theme woven into every image and story she captured. Her photojournalistic experience has therefore been nuanced through everything she produces. She’s also drawn to the wonder of color and the beauty that can be found in the composure of a face and the make-up of the human bodyscape. Charr has won countless awards for masterful pieces including; the Professional Photographers of America LOAN Collection for two consecutive years, WPPI Grand Award and her work has been featured in the Di Rosa Museum in California’s beautiful Napa Wine Region and is also part of the permanent collection. Separately, she instructs digital photography workshops that teach students how to blow out the creativity of their photography in simple methods using programs like Adobe Photoshop and how to market using mobile devices-- Visual Content Creation using Mobile Devices.. Charr lives in Sacramento with her husband Chris and kitties Leeloo and Sadie.

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