The Last Journey
by gyaban

Comment:
Art. Who can debate it. Good excellent lighting there can be no doubt. Disturbing. Thought provoking. We all know the quality of your editing skills. Yet for the life of me I cannot understand the image.Perhaps you are depicting a Romeo and Juliet type tragedy yet in her upside-down-ness she "appears" to be smiling. Your face also does not appear pained in the slightest despite the Grim Reaper destiny awaiting you, perhaps because you are enjoying the last journey together before your time together runs out. High marks will be coming your way, yet I'm concerned they are not due the challenges "Painting" theme. The background scene does indeed appear painted, yet the foreground "subjects" are very crisp and photographic. Not to say that painters don't paint reality, crisp, clear and almost photo-like, but the two mixed appears odd (to me). Without reference to your thought processes and your occasional attempts at mimicking a "real life" artist's work this is my spin on it. Doesn't one just hate critics and 2nd guessers? 7.

fun house mirrors
by oldbimmercoupe

Comment:
Simple. Effective. DMC

Chimping around
by ShutterPug

Comment:
Good challenge fit. The TL Clean 3/PS Paint effect is slowly losing it's appeal and lustre though. For the uninformed it is however painterly.

Rhododendron Fire
by Kirito

Comment:
Good challenge fit. The Topaz Labs Clean 3 or PS Paint effect is slowly losing it's appeal and lustre though. As you can see it has been used quite a lot in this challenge. For the uninformed it is however painterly.

Jaguar
by ThingFish

Comment:
Great pic and PP Fred, wd on the YR. Ek kom dit ook agter. Baie min kommentaar terwyl almal stem en dan as jy Top5 kry...

Contentment
by hesitant

Comment:
DMC but overcooked filter effect. Does have the paint feel but too much IMO.

Cool
by Mike

Comment:
DMC and in the challenge spirit. Street. This gives me more of a computer art feel than an actual human painting. Splitting hairs I suppose.

Supper at Emmaus
by ecmguy

Comment:
Like my entry, this will probably get the "It's not a painting" comments? Looks too realistic to be a painting? etc.
Bah humbug, there are many works where they are almost photographic in clarity and quality. Here's an 8 for not overcooking the Photoshop Paint Filters like some :)

The Goat's Man
by Ammie

Comment:
It's one of your lovely rural images again yet I would prefer to see his (and their) faces. The effect is more grain-like than painting like and that relates, to me at least, to a film effect. But I am no artist :)

Reaching
by Judith Polakoff

Comment:
Pretty and very Japanese. DMC 7