does this look wet or what?

I come across works that make me stop, and gaze and lose myself in the world offered, the three dimensions within the two dimensions. And here he does it again! Gerhard Richter, the blend of photography and paint, the surface is another surface, which mystifies and takes you deeper into the undefinable.

painting the digital - eg Gerhard Richter

Here we have Gerhard Richter's painting of Ema (1966), which must have been a sort of premonition of things to come. It really looks like he painted this from a digital image, and quite honestly I'm not sure whether digital was around at that time. Maybe only in watches and computers. (if you know, let me know!). Anyway, I love the cross-over. And I admire his work.