Meet John Leben, my husband. We are proud that John has been selected as an Art Prize Artist in the 2010 Art Prize Grand Rapids. To learn more about Art Prize click on the link above. The paintings in John’s Silent Stairways Series were created using a bold and innovative technique. They are original digital images painted with an electronic pen and mouse directly into a Macintosh computer. They are not "computer-generated pictures." The computer had little to do with the realization of these striking images. John simply uses his computer tools like most artists use a paintbrush and a canvas. His paintbrush is an electronic pen. His canvas, a Macintosh computer. John applies each line and each color by hand, stroke by stroke, color by color creating his richly detailed images. When completed, the paintings are printed on acid-free, archival quality watercolor paper with pigment-based inks yielding unique, limited edition prints of a quality and life-expectancy rivaling traditional fine art printing techniques like etchings and lithographs. Besides having prolific art career, John has also had a successful career as a video producer of PBS documentaries. I invite you to enjoy the wide sampling of John’s work here on Bumbley.com. Marcia