More creativity with a huge assist from Google Street View.
From The Daily Mail (UK)...
An artist who cannot spare the time to travel is using Google Street View to visit stunning locations around the world and capture them in paint.
For the past year wannabe globe-trotter Bill Guffey, 45, has spent hundreds of hours travelling thousands of virtual miles to visit places he feels he will never get to see in person.
'Street view has really changed everything for me because it means I can go to all of those places I am in love with, sit and paint them as if I am really there.
He has so far created over 100 paintings which sell for up to £1500.
To see more of Guffey's paintings, click here.
P.S. This reminds me of one of my favorite jokes...
A thief in Paris planned to steal some valuable paintings from the Louvre. After careful planning, he got past security, stole the paintings, and made it safely to his van. However, he was captured only two blocks away when his van ran out of gas.
When asked how he could mastermind such a crime and then make such an obvious error, he replied, "Monsieur, that is the reason I stole the paintings. I had no Monet to buy Degas to make the Van Gogh."
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