For an artist, good reproductions of your work matter. They make it easy for buyers to see what you do, and they keep the colours true to the original. That accuracy is exactly what mattered to Stephen Watkins, a Suffolk-based artist with a background in architecture.
Stephen’s art
Stephen scored very low marks in art classes while training as an architect. He became a well-known artist in Doha when some of his early paintings were taken to a local gallery, without his knowing, and sold straight away.
He focuses on city skylines, capturing the places and memories that shape us. Memory fades over time, and people can be lost to us, but a painting gives those moments some permanence. He works in acrylic on canvas. Sometimes the skylines are literal, recording a place that means something to a customer or to him. Other times they are more abstract, reflecting how we experience a place differently depending on our state of mind. Each painting tells the story of something, someplace, or someone who made a person who they are.
Why colour accuracy matters
When artwork is reproduced for sale online, the colours have to be right. Buyers need to trust that what they see on screen matches the piece in person, and the reproduction should stay true to the original so the artist’s vision carries through.
Finding out more
If you are an artist who needs your work photographed, you can read more about my commercial photography.
You can see Stephen’s work at www.sjwatkins.com, or on Facebook (Art by Stephen Watkins) and Instagram (Art_by_stephen_watkins).
