Recursive artist painting a photo of himself painting AI Image Prompt

An amateur photograph from 1998 of a middle-aged artist copying an image by hand from a computer screen to an oil painting on stretched canvas, but the image is itself the photo of the artist painting the recursive image.

Creates an amateur 1998-style photograph of a middle-aged artist copying an image from a computer screen to canvas, where the image itself is a photo of the artist painting the recursive image, ideal for mind-bending meta scenes.

How to use this prompt

Copy the prompt above and paste it into an AI image generator such as Google Gemini (Nano Banana) or a similar tool. Replace any bracketed placeholders with your own details, then generate and refine the result.

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