Mike and Patty met on a blind date in June of 1997 and married in May of 1998. Prior to their meeting Mike had never done anything professionally as a photographer, Patty had never done anything professionally as an artist or painter. They are both self taught and neither one had any confidence in their own abilities as artists. It wasn't until the two met, encouraged and inspired each other that their talents began to soar. They both feel lucky to have the other and are soul mates in every since of the word. They have been together for fourteen years now and when they go out people still ask if they are newlyweds. They have come together, nurturing and inspiring each other to creative new heights with their previously unused artistic abilities. They are both self taught artists that did not have any confidence in their artistic abilities.

The two combine their talents now to create a seamless collaboration of photography and painting. Mike takes photos of his favorite places, streams, waterfalls, mountains and trees. He then hand makes a frame from wood. Patty, using acrylic paint, hand paints the frame to look like a larger extension of the photo. Patty mixes her paint colors so exactly and paints with such photo-realistic detail the final product looks like one large three dimensional picture that you could just walk into. All of Patty’s painting is done free-hand without a larger photograph to look at or work from. The effect is deceiving to the eye, you cannot tell where the photo ends and the painting begins.

Mike and Patty Albin
www.albinarts.com
931-287-0251
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