Engineers and artists have long collaborated and learned from each other, artists often being the first to use new technologies. This can be no better illustrated than by the 19th century Impressionists (such as Edouard Manet ) who were amongst the first to recognise the potential of photography, adopting it themselves as a valuable tool. This in the face of extreme hostility from conservative painters of the traditional school who saw photography as an existential threat!
Why is this relevant and important to me? Well, as a professional engineer I spent most of my working life creating efficient, effective and sometimes novel solutions to real-world engineering problems. However, as an American president is believed to have quipped 'You can walk and chew gum at the same time!', clearly evidenced by the aforementioned Impressionists.1
Prior to becoming an engineer, the genesis of my connexion with the arts was established through the medium of photography, introduced to me by my father (himself an engineer) in 1958 when I was just 12. Starting with a second-hand Agfa Silette 35mm film camera and encouraging my natural curiosity, he had unwittingly launched me on a lifetime's path of photographic discovery. Little did he know at the time that this thirst for knowledge would involve the family garage being commandeered as an experimental darkroom!
So it was many decades later and having accumulated 20,000 plus film and digital images, I found myself seeking a broader purpose for the application of my creative engineering skills. What better inspiration then could there be for me to follow in the path of those open-minded impressionists, exploiting my skills in the field of digital image processing, emulating some features of the impressionists style while adopting the apposite domain: impressions.today.
Having successfully repurposed some of my existing library and, taking another leaf out of the Impressionists game plan it seemed obvious to look for other subject material by taking commissions from proud owners of restored, vintage and classic vehicles. So if you have a treasured vehicle, property, pet or piece of machinery which you want displayed as a unique and striking piece of wall-art then please contact me at stuart@impressions.today.
1Viewers interested in finding out more about the relationship between painting and photography are encouraged to read the excellent and very comprehensive book 'Painting and Photography, 1839-1914' by 'Dominique de Font-Réaulx' published by Flammarion, Paris 2012.
Engineers and artists have long collaborated and learned from each other, artists often being the first to use new technologies. This can be no better illustrated than by the 19th century Impressionists (such as Edouard Manet ) who were amongst the first to recognise the potential of photography, adopting it themselves as a valuable tool. This in the face of extreme hostility from conservative painters of the traditional school who saw photography as an existential threat! 
Why is this relevant and important to me? Well, as a professional engineer I spent most of my working life creating efficient, effective and sometimes novel solutions to real-world engineering problems. 
Prior to becoming an engineer, the genesis of my connexion with the arts was established through the medium of photography, introduced to me by my father (himself an engineer) in 1958 when I was just 12. 
So it was many decades later and having accumulated 20,000 plus film and digital images, I found myself seeking a broader purpose for the application of my creative engineering skills. 
Having successfully repurposed some of my existing library and, taking another leaf out of the Impressionists game plan it seemed obvious to look for other subject material by taking commissions from proud owners of restored, vintage and classic vehicles. 
1Viewers interested in finding out more about the relationship between painting and photography are encouraged to read the excellent and very comprehensive book 'Painting and Photography, 1839-1914' by 'Dominique de Font-Réaulx' published by Flammarion, Paris 2012.