Painting and inspiration

It's been a while since I saw a certain painting.  It is been commissioned to a painter.  The person who commissioned the painting don't have painting talent.  She is crafty in her own ways, in other area.  She work marvel on old furniture, for example.  She can sand and stain those furniture.  An ordinary person like her can have a great idea without having the creative gift.  She had a great idea.  She wanted to put two separate photos together, in one painting.  The two photos had a special significance.

I was there when the person received the finished painting.  The painter said he had put his personal  touch to the commissioned piece.  It was nothing new to me.  I knew better in that area.  Each artist put his own spin in each creation.  It is the signature of the artist, in a way.  What had stunned me at the time is commissioning a work of art.  I though it was done in the past only and only by rich people, like aristocrats.

That part was a bit of a eye opener.  It can be done even in our modern world.  As having the idea of putting two photos together.  Thinking of it, I wonder if  the two photos can be put together numerically.  At the time of the painting, I don't think it could be done.  Not as easily as today.   In addition, there is one photo in black and white.  The other is in colors.  Maybe it can be possible to turn both photos in one or other version.  It worth a try or to get informed about it.

I think is is a first for me: getting an idea from the idea of another person.  It would be fun to investigate that further, when tme will be more available.