The New Oil on Canvas? Original Art Collection by Paul Cooklin. Modern Digital Art at Paulcooklin.com

www.PaulCooklin.com - If art with a WOW factor is what your space requires, then you should invest some time at www.paulcooklin.com. Paul's work comes on a variety of mediums including: Limited Edition Giclée prints, premium stretched canvas and upon request flame finished silk. These mediums give the art the lustre and vibrancy they deserve. Each piece is limited to 25 editions per size and medium which also adds to their prestige and desirability.

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Modern Digital Art - The new oil on canvas - http://www.PaulCooklin.com

(PRWEB) August 11, 2005 -- Digital art has now become a recognisable art form and medium as technology has provided new ways for artists to bare their soul and explore their creativity. This new expression allows artists to use a multitude of techniques before arriving at their final piece which could include photography and photographic manipulation, scans and pure free flow using one of many professional drawing packages such as Adobe's PhotoShop.

Don’t be fooled in to thinking these new advances in technology make all digital art easy to create or quick to produce. The same principles of quality and skill still apply to these new creative forms as any other medium and should be treated accordingly. Like traditional art, digital art can take many weeks and months to create and perfect.

One such digital artist is Paul Cooklin - If unique and unusual wall furnishings are what your space needs, PaulCooklin.com offers an eclectic range of dynamic modern art. This collection offers original works that explore complex layering of imagery with colour and texture to bold, bright and beautiful pieces of striking colour.

If art with a WOW factor is what your space requires, then you should invest some time at http://www.paulcooklin.com. Paul's work comes on a variety of mediums including: Limited Edition Giclée prints, premium stretched canvas and upon request flame finished silk. These mediums give the art the lustre and vibrancy they deserve. Each piece is limited to 25 editions per size and medium which also adds to their prestige and desirability.

Choosing a piece of art can be a difficult process if you're trying to match a colour scheme. At PaulCooklin.com this has been made easier by the "search by colour" tool. You can also select a category or browse each collection before purchasing your new piece of art securely online or by phone.

The new sale prices range between £100.00 and £400.00 per canvas and £30.00 to £120.00 for Giclée prints on paper. Each canvas piece comes ready to hang. You can also purchase A4 mounted prints which are great as gifts and an ideal way to sample some of Paul Cooklin's work.

:: Limited editions - only 25 worldwide

:: Sizes from 11 x 8 - 46 x 33 inches / A4 - A0

:: Prices range from £10.00 - £400.00

:: A certificate of authenticity accompany each piece

:: A contract of sale guarantees ownership

:: Giclée prints are signed, numbered & dated by the artist

Paul offers works from his digital imagery catalogue which is currently represented by Brand X Pictures. Paul's unique style of imagery originally used as stock imagery has been published on 3 disks to date, including: 'TechnoFusion', 'Zero Gravity' and 'Technological Impulse'. PaulCooklin.com has a select offering of works from his larger catalogue which have now been opened for personal and commercial display. Paul finds creativity from his natural surroundings where he lives in Suffolk and also draws from his traveling experiences in Asia and Europe including 8 years in Hong Kong.

If engaging modern art is what you're looking for, then the PaulCooklin.com online gallery should be on your list.

digital art - the new oil on canvas

meet the artist

When and why did you become a digital artist?

"From the beginning I knew I wanted to be a digital artist, the moment I flicked through the “Digital Vision” magazine which just happened to be lying next to the other junk mail. As I flicked though the mag’ I was amazed at the creativity and imagination of the imagery, it had such depth and seemed to captivate my mind. I could see that this was a new form of art in its own right although it was being showcased as stock imagery. I got a huge rush at the thought of potentially be able to create such imagery, I just didnt know how to begin to create work like this. In my eyes they were pure pieces of art of which I had never seen before. This was back in 2000 when digital art was mainly recognised as abstract stock imagery or being used as backgrounds for computer games.

I sat down at my mac which I was using at the time and opened Adobe Photoshop and began playing around. At this point I had limited experience as a web designer and my PhotoShop skills were geared towards the web rather than print. I soon realised that trying to create anything that resembled what I had just seen was going to be a long learning curve which gave me great respect for the artists work as this was truly a skilful process, just like traditional art.

After a year or so of creating pieces which frankly were dead pixels by comparison, I started to understand the software more and how to manipulate it to my needs. I was beginning it "let go" of what I had previously thought of as art and began to experiment more. Some sports players call it "being in the zone" which I could identify with more and more pieces.

By this time I was getting some interest from friends about my work. Having been freelancing for a large multimedia design agency I began to understand about stock imagery and its uses. I got in touch with lots of stock image agencies and was ecstatic when I was asked to sign with Brand X, one of the top 3 largest and prestigious stock image agencies in the world.

I was so charged with energy that I started creating new styles of work straight away and my inspiration and creativity soared thanks to the input of Brand X. Working in this way meant I had to have a direction of sorts as I was being asked to create engaging conceptual imagery which is very different to modern art. I was lucky enough that Brand X were happy with my direction and style and allowed me to think outside the box. To date Brand X have published my work on 3 disks and numerous single selects. I am grateful for their input and marketing.

While working on various concepts I began to push the brief further until I reached a more abstract form of modern art than conceptual stock imagery, and I liked where it was going. I decided to launch a website which sold my imagery as modern contemporary digital art and now leave the stock imagery to my agents."

What do you call yourself, a designer or an artist?

"I wouldn't call myself a designer because in my opinion, a designer either sets or gets a brief to follow which they have to satisfy to meet the clients' or agencies expectations. This is far too constructed in my option for modern art and I try to separate art from conceptual imagery. I have two heads, one for each purpose. Purely conceptual imagery doesn't allow for as much freedom if an end point needs to be met or a specific concept illustrated. When creating art, I tend to work freestyle with nothing in my head other than the desire to create something that I find captivating, an escape route perhaps, and see what happens. I normally loose my direction many times before finally getting a sense of where its going. Having said that, some of my best pieces of “art” arrived from original stock imagery and vice versa, so I guess the two do collide quite well at times. I consider myself a digital artist. "

Where do you get your inspiration from?

"I suppose in the beginning, I wanted to emulate the people I first saw creating digital imagery such as Tom Muller, Nathan Flood and the likes. After a while I soon adopted my own style and now get inspired by all manner of things. I suppose life is my biggest inspiration, if that doesn't sound too corny. I see a lot of crap on TV but every once in a while there will be a TV advert or a program which has excellent title scenes. For instance, I was really impressed by the simplicity and clean imagery of the series Six Feet Under. I thought some of the images of surgical equipment were shot in an interesting manner, the way the light hit the steel and how the glass reflected. My inspiration can come from obscure sources. I also have a fascination with architecture, not the how and why of it but the lines and scale. I've recently played with digital photography, not to be able to take a half decent snap shot but more to bend and manipulate forms with light and context to create something more abstract - usually looking nothing like the original subject. I then take the image in to PhotoShop where I use other layers and begin to build from there."

- Paul Cooklin

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