My latest...

This is the painting I am currently working on. I photographed this model in South Dakota with a group of other artists at an event we attend every year. A fellow artist friend of mine, the very talented and funny Les Lefevre, painted the same model,(we photographed him at the same time) but I think our paintings are very different. I never worry about another artist painting the same scene or subject as me, even when we are all gathering reference at the same time. The end result will always be different, each artist will add their own touch and make it their own. Unless it is a truly unique and one of a kind situation, such as an elephant in a tutu, then I don't see any problem.