Date Joined: 8 August 2002 Hello My name is Daniel O'Byrne, ÂÂ
The belief that a good photograph is the result of a good camera places the importance upon the equipment rather than upon the photographer. It emphasizes the machine rather than the man, the tool rather than the artist, the technology rather than the artistic intent. It is as if Monet had been told that the reason why his paintings were so beautiful was because he had such good paintbrushes. Or as if Paul Bocuse’s culinary excellence was explained away by his use of superlative pots and pans. Or again if Yo-Yo Ma had been informed that his Stradivarius was solely responsible for the stunning quality of his music.ÂÂ
One can be inspired and have an idea, be very creative in making this idea into a work of art, have developed the required level of craftsmanship, without the outcome of one’s efforts being motivated by the desire to follow a vision for one’s entire body of work. Vision is an overriding envelope that encompasses both inspiration and creativity. It is a blanket that covers the entire artist’s work, a blanket that often comes later in the life of an artist, after one has perfected one’s art and moved beyond the commonplace outcome that most artists have to go through. For this reason I placed vision as the third step of this process. I placed it there not because it comes necessarily at the end of the process but because in life it is often something that artists discover later on.
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Certainly, a master needs a masterful instrument, be it a camera, paintbrushes, pots and pans or a violin, as in my examples, or other tool, since this list can be expanded to include many other professions. But to say that the quality of the art is caused solely by the quality of the instrument is to miss the point altogether about the importance of the artist. It is missing the point about the human factor, about the man or the woman that actually made use of this instrument. After all, art is made by artists and not by tools. Tools are inanimate objects that need someone to set them in motion. And to set a tool in motion so that art is created through the use of this tool, an artist is needed.
I am now retired from working as a Mental Health professional having worked in the Royal Air Force and National Health Service, giving me more time to persue my photography and artwork. I am a Semi Professional Photoghrapher. Here you will find a collection of my photographs and a selection of Digital Art, Traditional Painting and Sketches that I have also used the digital medium to enhance. Please feel free to pass on any comments. My Camera Gear
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Comments (32)
Hopalong
Now we wockin' the wock! One of the very best of many great ones! Yessuh the ol' riddle of the sphincteroverlooked by many, even in Kant. "Let's twist again like we did last summer...."eranybody 'member the spin, hehe.
zoku01
Definately a thought provoking piece of art. Very well done and a BIG VOTE here! Beyond excellent!!!
Tedz
I have had Jung,Freud and attached Cables...I understood this in a flash!...yet, it is still only conjecture...an Enigma...I like that Hopalong Guy...I am BPD....until they changed the Title to just Psychotic. Love Your Work! Love Jig Saw Puzzles :]
vlaaitje
sure, I think about this......but you know what I mean. This is very clear, very close. Wonderful stuff for think about it.....almost together isn't?
borsy
Excellent artwork, Danny!!! Wonderful concept ,executed beautifully!!!
ijack999
Yes I feel this way most days. Love the tension created by angle and color.
SophiaDeer
Beautiful and mystical image! Very well done!!
groush2
Danny, You work is always thought provoking and executed in the finest style, this work is no different...an excellent example of your talent and creativity...Well Done !!!!
SoulEatar
Great play of emigma - a mystery and a puzzle :>)
madame
Beautiful and original concept. Mysterious 'Freudian' atmosphere, love the delicate, soft colors. This is a fantastic artwork, Danny !
gallimel
subtletly of compo is something indeed that enters within veins...
ChadAustin
Yes, Danny...the mind is a great enigma. A puzzle that we only have pieces of and even those are ephemeral. Love how you divided the face in half, to symbolize the right/left hemispheres. Excellent work.
Akinom
Our mind is sometimes splitted and we put our memories together like puzzles! This is what it says to me ;o) Thanks for sharing one of your masterpieces!
Tanialmeida
love how u blended all the elements in such a subtil colors!!!!!!
linkinpark
Beautiful piece of art..very mystical,I like this style of images!!
pjaj
Beautiful artwork!
vbarreto
Like the relation between the separated puzzle and the divided face, it is an enigma. Wonderful artwork!!!
cynlee
puzzling! yet, these 2 pieces fit! 2 halves of a whole, different yet inseperable, cool enigma :]
KingPtolemy
Excellent concept and artwork!!! Bravo!!!
RodolfoCiminelli
Very excellent job...!!! and very beautiful selection of colors..!!! it is a mysterious image...!!!
j-art
he he - cool - this is right how i feel every morning when i should get up - the sleeping side wont fit with the wake side - the only difference, my puzzle pieces dont fit together - ha ha - no really, wow - a - masterwork again - and sure one which make one think over - your pieces are always very well thought out - respect
Tommy3D
LOL! I can relate to this!! Coffee solves the problem!! Danny, this is wonderful art, and I know that you have put many people back together again!!! A vote for you my friend!!
HobbyHopper
Excellent concept and work!
Hillary
Excellent artwork.
SirJohn
Top notch my friend... I really love the thought you put into this one. Kudos!
ShadowWind
The mind certainly is a puzzle. Great work...
ascrazy
perfect concept, wonderful artwork as always! Thank you my friend!!
che18530
First of all,,,your graphics work is first-rate. Excellent blending, colors and design. Secondly, I see the Enigma as the many personalities that lie within us. There is the one we put on for our friends which we try to be honest with...then there is the one we put on in the workplace...then there is the one we wear to the doctors and so on. but the one that is the most honest is the one we wear with our families...which is probably the most honest of all...except maybe the one we wear with our Creator...what's so amazing is that we are not psychotic (LOL). I think that we are a mixture of many personalities and we wear the one that suits our needs at the moment. There is a degree of honesty in all of them...it is just more prominent with those we love and with God. It would seem that we can compartmentalize what we need or rather who we need to be in any given moment. Anyway...that's my meager take on things. I really love everything about this work Danny! It shows superb graphics and design skills and it provokes thought, which is something we all need to do!...Wonderful!...Cheryl
estevez
Really a magnificent composition that demonstrates to one technique refined and excellent artistic quality. Great style ! "my vote" Congratulations !
tallpindo
Blindness caused by lonliness that must extract puzzle pieces from strangers by intricate and elaborate zero force mechanisms.