Artist Reply: Zoe- So you know, I paint realistically on canvas of watercolor paper. I never paint over a photograph. A photograph was used as reference. The background was rendered with an airbrush to give it a photographic feel.
Artist Reply: I had a photo as reference, its painted on canvas. See the rest of my work at www.johnsalozzoart.com,you will see I've been working in this style for a long time.
4 Comments
Zoe Elizabeth Tuttlebee 28 Nov 2012
good work for going over original pic??Karen Helsing 27 Nov 2012
Captures the action very well, just like a camera.Gabriela Wendt 27 Nov 2012
at the first moment i thought this would be a photo - excellent work!curtis wood 26 Nov 2012
wonderful movement and excitement feel like i'm at the races.