The Original Art Prints are unique, original fine art works.

Original art prints begin from original fine art photography images by Dan Carmichael.

Each image is then digitally hand-brushed using numerous tools to produce an image style similar to a painting.

Images are not processed automatically. Other photographers often use an automated process where they press a single button and automatically transform a picture into an oil painting or watercolor. I do not use this method because it produces inferior results.

Rather, my Original Art Prints are also manually brushed which may involve hundreds or thousands of strokes, and hours of work. Because the process is similar to traditional painting on canvas, each finished work is a unique original which can never be exactly duplicated again. The result is a work of art that truly looks like an original painting.

Prints are professional printed on fine art photo paper which has a high archival rating using fine art archival inks.

When matted, framed, and hung on your wall, they do not look like traditional photographs. They look like what they are: original and unique works of art.

The painting styles are varied. Some may look similar to a watercolor, some to an oil painting, and others a unique style of their own.

Unfortunately, at the small sizes images are displayed on the web, the subtleties of the intricate brush strokes cannot be easily seen. On a full size print, they can be.

This is a close-up that illustrates the fine detail of the brush strokes.

You can view the newest Original Art Prints images here.

Visit often - new images are being added all the time.

(Pictured above: Bodie Lighthouse on the Outer Banks of North Carolina at moonset, Blazing Star (Liatris) flowers on the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina, a wagon at Mabry Mill on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia).