Photos Into Paintings


Those of us who paint from photos are always thinking about how the painting becomes more than the photo. A master of this form was Norman Rockwell. Here are some examples of how he turned photos (staged and photographed at his direction) into paintings that tell a story in his own special way.

In the new year I’d like to develop a “look” as distinctive as Mr. Rockwell’s.

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By Joanne

Joanne Taeuffer is an expressive painter. She lives in the Berkeley Hills and Healdsburg, CA, with her husband and their black cats, Oscar Wild and Percy.

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