This is Not a Painting.....or is it?

OK it's out of season but that's the least of issues here.
If I said that this was 42x30" painted on canvas I would probably receive considerable kudos for my efforts. But then I would be telling lies.
Usually I paint in acrylics or watercolours. Occasionally I employ other traditional medias.
Other than my eyes, my legwork in tramping the countryside searching for inspiration, considerable imagination and a lot of hard work, however, this is totally created employing digital technology.
The thing is that, because it was produced digitally, it is almost invariably dismissed as 'non art' by the purists.
My task as an artist is to create stimulating images, to describe the world in which I live, and to express my experience of it.
This particular image required a lot of experience (as an artist), a lot of looking and consideration, and a certain level of skill in manipulating the softwares which produced the image on my screen. The result is a balance of composition, colour and value, just as if I had actually painted it with brushes and pigment.
So why should it be considered any less of a work of art? Produced as a decent giclee and most would be none the wiser.
Thank you for your indulgance.

Autumn Lane (Digital. 5.32 megabytes) Click to enlarge

Two Trees Talking

Is it really so long since I last posted?

I haven't had a lot of time for studio painting these last couple of weeks. The sudden arrival of good weather here has taken me out into the fields. I have been exploring, sketching, and generally gathering as much reference material as I can find. After a seemingly long, dark and wet winter, the excursion 'into the green' has been a beneficial and much needed tonic to the soul.

By contrast, the painting below is derived from an image that I found some weeks ago in the reference image library at WetCanvas. Unfortunately I didn't note the contributor at the time (my bad!), and try as I might I can no longer find it. So I hope that whoever it was will forgive me for not giving them their due credit. However, the painting is so unlike the original photograph that it is barely recognisable. It sat on the easel for two weeks whilst I debated whether or not it was finished. Eventually I have come to the decision that anything further I do to it will add nothing of significance, and thus I am calling it 'done'.

I think the title is self-explanatory, but what I am trying to describe is that moment in time, just before the light fails completely, when shadows become mass, and the air is so still that it seems the slightest sound carries for miles, and the ear becomes witness to the whole symphony of the surrounding landscape. Please take the time to enjoy, and thanks for looking.

Last Light (Landscape with Two Trees Talking)
Acrylics on canvas 20x24" (click to enlarge)