Thanks for all the comments about this issue. It was a revealing series of discoveries...
- First I realized that it made a great difference which monitors used for viewing. (doh!)
- The images I referred to were in fact originally the same, just doctored by various folks along the way.
- Frank Patterson, although presumed to be and being almost 100% a in-black-and-white artist, also DID do a few hand tinted variations on his work.
- These particular prints were not colored by Frank Patterson himself, but done posthumously through the authorization of those now in charge of his work.
- So, while I initially railed at someone going back and "colorizing" Patterson's work ala Ted Turner and classic film stock, I now realize that is is "possibly" something he might have done.
- The owner of serigraphicsinc.com is sending a set to be displayed at cycles de ORO and can be viewed by Cirque attendees....
Dale Brown cycles de ORO, Inc. 1410 Mill Street Greensboro, North Carolina 27408 USA 336.274.5959 http://www.cyclesdeoro.com http://www.classicrendezvous.com -----Original Message----- From: hanuman@bdol.com To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Sent: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 6:58 PM Subject: Re: [CR]Question about British cycling artist, Frank Patterson
oroboyz@aol.com wrote:
> They are not the same...
> Notice the distinct soft blue in the sky above the mountains.
>
> Now look at the same print in Wallingford site. No color whatsover....
> In fact, by comparison, not only is the Serigraphics inc softer but the
Wallingford version is almost anemic by comparison...
> This whole deal is like finger nails on the chalkboard to a person like me
with an art background...
I took a look at the links Dale posted and I have a feeling that the Wallbike print might be of the same quality as the Serigraphics print. The Wallbike print on the web page shows a lot of digital artifacts from sharpening. I downloaded the Wallbike jpg and lo and behold, the camera information was still with the file. It was done with a similar camera that I have, a device of less lofty aspirations. So, the real print _should_ have better colour and subtleties of tone and is quite probably the equal of the Serigraphics print which looks to me a scanned image with sub- optimal processing. The culprit : Photoshop and others of its ilk.
Chee-Heng Yeong
In soggy Bristol, R.I., USA