Pushing Boundaries

Artists have always pushed boundaries. What "can be" is more interesting and challenging than "what is."  At the beginning of the year, I had a simple thought, " I wonder what painters are doing with 3D printing technology." I found little on the net.  Partly because it would confuse categories, is it still a painting or is it hanging sculpture?  Sculptures are not supposed to be painted are they? But I would rather explore "what can be" and figure out what to call it later!
What I wanted to do was "re-imagine" landscape painting. My process is generally - Painting - Photo - 3D Print - Painting.  It begins and ends with painting.  I won't go into all the challenges and dead ends, but after trying a number of software approaches, I ended up using Photoshop for the conversion to 3D.  Every piece I do, ends up unique in some way because of unexplained interruptions in my plans!  Kind of like life.  But, I am having fun exploring some new territory.  I hope you are finding some space to explore "what can be" too instead of being stuck in "what is."  Blessings, Tom