Message #37209

[rpfstoneman]

Well Pin, it took some effort and appropriate documentation by photos in your last post, but I'm now convinced the bottle is indeed hand painted.  Just goes to show how wonderful the paint technique and methods are getting these days.  When I first saw how perfect the design in the clothing was followed and how the image ended against the clear glass, it left me questioning as to whether the bottle was surely a photo processed image.  That being said, I've purchase some IPBs and it's taken me some effort to set them up under the right lighting and magnification to convince me that they were all hand painted.  With all the available painting methods now a days some artists are doing outstanding image replications.  This only leaves me to question at some level as to whether the image reproduction quality is getting so good to the detriment of artistic liberty.  

Regardless, the bottle with the the image of your child is and always will be a treasured keepsake.  

Charll