Small Town Shops
by Lois Bryan
Title
Small Town Shops
Artist
Lois Bryan
Medium
Digital Art - Digital Art / Photography Based Digital Hand-painting
Description
A series of three tiny shops along a busy street in the small town of Frederick Maryland ... colorful and inviting ... seem to entice us to come in and browse.
I love old towns and the wonderful shops that crowd their main streets. Often huddled together as we see here, usually they're not very wide and sometimes the shopping in them is cramped and a bit disorderly, but what treasures we may find!!! And add the aromas of the most exotic candles ... or a freshly ground brew of a heavenly blend of coffee to accompany our enjoyment of the time we spend inside and we can't help but linger. Finding that perfect fall sweater that you'll never find anywhere else ... or an amazing piece of turquoise jewelry ... or a funny mug that would be just perfect for Auntie for her birthday ... this is what it's all about!
I also tend to spend a minute looking at the building itself ... the creaky wooden floors, the worn steps ... wondering about the lives of the people who've gone through those doors during all those years.
A visit to a small town and a stroll through its shops is to me one of the best ways to spend the day. I encourage you to consider doing your Christmas or Holiday shopping in a small town this year ... especially this crazy year (2020 and the Covid mess) ... you will never know how much your patronage will mean to your friends and neighbors who have put their lives into these wonderful shops. Let's try to support our local businesses.
This image was very loosely inspired by one of my own photos, taken in Old Frederick Maryland ... and is another version of a previously uploaded piece, "Shops Of Old Frederick."
NOT created by using AI - Artificial Intelligence.
It was hand-painted, digitally in Corel Painter with a Wacom tablet, the art pen, and lots of beautiful brushes.
Fine art purchases of this image will not include a watermark, and if I may make a recommendation ... this image will look its very best on the fine art paper choice of "picture rag."
4194
Frederick
Uploaded
October 12th, 2020
Embed
Share
Similar Images
Comments (43)
Mary Lynn Giacomini
Absolutely stunning work Lois! Beautiful textures created with wonderful colors, and details! L/f
Christopher James
One of your peers nominated this image in the 1000 views Groups Special Features #21 promotion discussion. Please help your fellow artists by visiting and passing on the love to another artist in the the 1000 Views Group....L/F/Tw
Diana Mary Sharpton
Nominating this beautiful photographic art painting for special feature on the 1000 view group... twitter
Christopher James
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group ..... Please place your featured image in the Feature Archive and any Genre specific Archive l/f/p
Mary Lynn Giacomini
Amazing Digital Art Lois......beautiful colors, textures, light, and movement! L/F
Gary F Richards
Spectacular funky composition, lighting, shading, and artwork! F/L …voted for this piece in the contest FUNKY TOWN!
Kevin Lane
Love this presentation Lois, All of your artwork is so Beautiful, I could write a novel just admiring all of your wonderful pieces, Its an inspiration to us all !!! L/F
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your fantastic photographic art has been chosen as a Camera Art Group feature! You are invited to archive your work in the feature archive discussion. There are many other discussions in the group where you can promote your art even further more.
Nancy Lee Moran
This enticing shop-front beckons the viewer to draw near, especially in the holiday season.
Morris Finkelstein
Beautiful digital painting of small shops in Frederick Maryland, with great colors, perspective, and composition, Lois! F/L
Don Columbus
Congratulations, your work is Featured in "Photographic Camera Art" I invite you to place it in the group's "2020 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet!
Recently Viewed
