Jim Rey's Sketch Book

In 2012, western artist Jim Rey noticed a digital tablet in a computer store and wondered if such a device could be of use for his nightly sketching sessions. Thus began a chain of events that transformed his creative process and forged a community built around his digital images. This collection features more than 180 of Rey's digital sketches and paintings - many of them studies that would serve as vital references for traditional oil paintings - as well as his insight on the potential advantages of adding a digital step to an artist's conventional creative process. "When an artist works on a still life or works with a model, he arranges his subjects in a way that is pleasing. [With the e-pen] I'm able to shift and rearrange, to make items bigger or smaller, to crop to get my final arrangement. Fundamentally, the e-pen is a tool for setting up a painting's composition."