Welcome Santa - Retro Vintage Inspired Christmas Scene

Title

Welcome Santa - Retro Vintage Inspired Christmas Scene

Artist

Lianne Schneider

Medium

Digital Art - Digital Painting/photographic Art

Description

This is a digitally hand-painted Christmas scene with the retro look and feel of the 1950s. Perfect to add some holiday sparkle to your home or office and suitable for that old-fashioned Christmas card you recall from days gone by. It's a composite image using multiple elements from vintage Christmas images purchased from a collector and specifically placed in the public domain. As with most of my paintings, this is done in multiple layers using various painting programs, adjusting opacity and blending mode, adding textures and employing a variety of filters. The final composite is then re-painted by hand to achieve a seamless look similar to a chromolithograph of the late 1800s.

Retro: retro simply refers to anything that looks out of style for the current time period. This could be clothing that was popular in the late 1990's (not technically vintage, yet) or any new design that references designs or ideas of the past. This also seems to be somewhat interchangeable with the word, "vintage inspired." The 1970's are often referred to as "retro" although they are technically over 40 years old... which for clothing can be considered "vintage." (http://www.pollybland.com/2011/10/difference-between-retro-vintage-and.html)

Vintage: Although widely misused, the term "vintage" refers to an item that is at least 50 years old but less than the 100 years necessary for an item to be considered an antique. As far as value is concerned, good condition vintage is often higher priced than poor quality antiques. Things like greeting cards may be true vintage, vintage inspired or authentically antique.

Collectible: According to the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection, a collectible can be just about anything, but a vintage collectible should be at least 50 years old.

Thank you to the following groups for featuring this painting:
HARMONY AND HAPPINESS - ERNESTINE
WINTER WONDERLAND - DORA
ART FROM THE PAST - JOUKO
PREMIUM FAA ARTISTS - DAN
DIGITAL REALISM - ANNE
THE ART SHOPPE CAFE - JACQUELINE
APPRECIATING WORKS FROM ALL MEDIUMS - STEFON
THE BEST OF FINE ARTS - NAOMI
MEMORIES AND NOSTALGIA - ALEXANDRIA
ARTISTS BEST FIVE ARTWORKS - TINA
IN THE MOOD - LISA
IMAGES THAT EXCITE YOU - JOHN
DYNAMIC DIGITAL ART - GARETH
CHRISTMAS ART - 50 - MECHALA
OUT OF THE ORDINARY - LYRIC
ART - IT IS GOOD FOR YOU - NINA
THE AWE FACTOR - LINDA
IMPRESSIONISM - JOSEPH
SIGNATURE STYLE ART - SHARON
BEST IMAGE PROMOTION - WILLIAM
DAILY DOSE OF WISDOM - ETI
ART WITH FLAIR - WILLIAM
INTERIOR DESIGN - CLARE
DIGITAL ART AND FABULOUS FRACTALS - KIKI ART
ARTIST NEWS - BOB/NADINE
ALL NOSTALGIA - BOB/NADINE

ABOUT THE ARTIST:

This painting, as with most of my digital paintings, is an ORIGINAL work of art created entirely on a Wacom tablet using a number of different painting programs and various genres of painting styles overlaid upon each other, much the same as the old printing process of chromolithography. In this case, the reference images are public domain images from a purchased vintage collection. As a composite, the entire work is considered original.

Thank you for your interest in my artwork. I am a western New York based artist with a passion for the sea and a deep love for the natural world around me. If you would like to see more, my full portfolio can be found at http://lianne-schneider.artistwebsites.com. If you enjoy my art works, please feel free to share this link with friends or share on your social networks by pushing the Pinterest, FB, Google+, Twitter or SU Buttons! Thank you! The Fine Art America Watermark will NOT appear on the finished product.

Because the final creations are entirely digital in nature they are considered to be original art work, not reproductions. According to the International Association of Fine Art Digital Print Makers (IAFADP), "An original digital print is not based upon using original artwork outside of the computer. The artist may use elements as source materials, such as photographs, drawings or other appropriated images (those in the public domain), but THE FINAL FORM OF THE WORK EXISTS ONLY IN THE COMPUTER AND AS THE FINAL PRINT OR AS AN EDITION OF PRINTS."

Please contact the artist, Lianne Schneider, directly if you purchase this image as a giclee print on canvas, framed or unframed. A signed and numbered Certificate of Authenticity is available for each canvas indicating title of the work, my name, date of creation, a thumbnail of the painting, the origin of original work if the painting is a derivative, the number of your print in the limited printing and a guarantee that the work will no longer be available to the public in a canvas format once a total of 25 canvas prints are sold from all potential vendors.

Copyright Lianne Schneider 2014
This is a rights managed image available for licensing at http://licensing.pixels.com/profiles/lianne-schneider.html

All images and my personal poetry/prose are protected by copyright and may not be reproduced, downloaded, distributed, transmitted, copied, reproduced in derivative works, displayed, published or broadcast by any means or in any form without prior written consent from the artist. My copyright does not imply rights to an underlying public domain image and I make no such claim. Copyright on works derived from or based on images in the public domain applies only to the subsequent manipulation or the digital painting resulting from my own style and interpretation. The original image remains in the public domain and such images are used in accordance with international law.

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