Piece description from the artist
A ship of the line exchanges fire with a pirate vessel in a thunderstorm of cannon fire and smoke. In this instance, the “fog of war” has taken on a literal sense as the black smoke of cannons and burning decks mixes with an ocean fogbank in choppy seas. The glow given off from the flames of the battle mixes with the late afternoon light give the scene a reddish tint that echoes the intensity of the fight.
I was watching “Black Sails” one night and was inspired to create a ship to ship battle scene. The name of the pirate ship is “Revenge” which is a reference to one of my favorite movies, “The Princess Bride” where that is the name of the ship of the Dread Pirate Roberts.
Most of the time, I create my work to look like traditional paintings, but, for this one, I want to give more of a sense of action. So I borrowed a modern technique from photography and cinematography called a Dutch tilt where I turned the scene on an angle to give a sense of imbalance.
I created this image using Digital techniques including 3DRendering (CGI) and digital painting .
Daniel is a forty-something living in the Metro-Atlanta area, and he is one of the few people who was actually born and raised there. He is also married and has two sons and a daughter. By day, he works as software engineer at a small company. By night he is an artist producing realist works depicting scenes of American wildlife, farm animals, fantasy scenes, extinct animals, and images of the "American Wild West":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Frontier.
Daniel has dual degrees in computer science and fine art from the University of Georgia. Given his education, it would seem only natural for him to combine the two by producing art using a computer. Daniel practices a new form of art called "3D Rendering":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_rendering, a form of virtual sculpting with a computer. This form of art is utilized by film studios for special effects as well as animated movies, but it can be used to make stills as well. "Check out this video of Daniel creating a 3D rendering!":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvoSvRhYPr4
Daniel’s interest in art began when he was young. As a fan of science fiction and fantasy novels, he became particularly interested in the works of the illustrators that appeared on the covers, such as "Frank Frazetta":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Frazetta and "Michael Whelan":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Whelan. In college, he discovered the work of the "French Realists":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realism_(arts), the "Pre-Raphaelites":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-Raphaelite_Brotherhood, and the "Hudson River School":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_River_School, which further influenced him and put his work on a course where nature was the dominant theme.
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