Bill Branda — Digital artist, photographer, gallery webmaster
Exploring the Creative Intersection of Digital Art & Photography
Visit often to see examples of my work in the “Fun-Da-Mental” digital revolution!
This is my personal web gallery
I am constantly learning and evolving techniques for transitioning photographic pictures into digital works of art. My work ranges from purely photographic images to altered digital art, all of which I create or take. Painting styles vary from abstract to plein air realistic works. I have experimented with AI, but so far have only used it in the one work, you see below of Jerusalem. My joyful challenge also includes creating the digital frames and updating this virtual online gallery website for free public viewing. Rights are reserved on all images though, so please to not copy.
Picturized Art – Posterized, Color Enhanced and Painted
Digital Art – Simulated in Acrylic Painted Style
Digital Art – Compositing Two Photos of Today and Two A.I. Generated Images
Digital Art – Simulated in Watercolor Painted Style
Digital Art – Simulated in Oil Painted Style
(Be sure to view this enlarged, to see depth of brush strokes)
Perhaps that couple on the lower left rock look familiar.
Digital Art – Abstract Shapes, Re-Colored, Layered and Painted Into
Highlights of my Digital Works in the Permanent Galleries
the archive of previous shows and in the Tips-n-Fx Section.
Italy Gallery – Misty Rain in Monterosso 
Venice, CA Show 
Sedona Arts Village Show 
Cuba Gallery – Lunch On the School Playground, Trinidad, Cuba 
Israel Gallery – Double Exposure of the Western Wall and Chihuly Glass Flower Images 
Spain & Portugal Show 
Italy Gallery – Sorrento Beach Evening 
Architecture+ Gallery – Inside-Out Series 
Chicago Gallery – “When the Chicago River Runs Green, at Sundown on March 17th” ~ Photo 2013, Digital Art March 2023 
Colorado Gallery – Fruita Canyon Loop Road ~ Colorado National Monument 
Landscapes Gallery – Waimea Canyon, Kauai, HI ~ Photographed 2020 
Special Fx – Retouched Filters and with Hand Painted Details 
Abstracts – A New Abstract Painting Inspired by 1960’s works of Roberto Matta
VIEWING SUGGESTION:
This WordPress site allows you to rotate your phone or tablet for better viewing landscapes. Larger desktop screens and casting images to your TV also work well.
Visitors Guide
Start by visiting either the permanent theme Galleries or New Works Gallery from the menu.
I share techniques in Tips-n-Fx, and handy reference websites in Resources.
So, what can you do with a photograph?
Example of a normal photograph vs a digital enhanced & colorized photograph (slide arrows left & right).
Below that is digital artwork, in an impressionistic painted style. It was started by working on an enlarged section of the colorized photograph. Digital, hand painted-in details have been added on transparent layers above the image and erasers have punched holes in the image to see through it to colors painted on a layer below it.
