Tim’s Vermeer
![Tim Jenison and I paint a picture of a vase from an optical projection, using Jenison’s ‘comparator mirror’ device; copyright High Delft Pictures, all rights reserved.](https://res.cloudinary.com/squidge-inc/image/fetch/w_800,f_auto,q_auto/https://philipsteadman.com/uploads/tims-vermeer.jpg)
A film in which Tim Jenison ‘paints a Vermeer’ using a type of camera obscura, together with a ‘comparator mirror’. The film was directed by Teller, produced by Penn Gillette and Farley Ziegler for High Delft Pictures, and distributed by Sony. It was short-listed for an Oscar, and nominated for a BAFTA. I paint a picture of a pottery jug with Tim Jenison using his mirror device, and discuss Jenison’s finished version of Vermeer’s ‘The Music Lesson’ with him and David Hockney
![David Hockney, Jenison and I discuss Jenison's finished picture; copyright High Delft Pictures, all rights reserved](https://res.cloudinary.com/squidge-inc/image/fetch/w_800,f_auto,q_auto/https://philipsteadman.com/uploads/TimsVermeerHockney.png)
Reviews
‘So entertaining to watch, audiences hardly even realize how incendiary it is.’
Peter Debruge, Variety