Your argument that "painting is transformative enough" and I suspect that wouldn't hold up in court. If you want an example of a painting that might be transfo

Your argument that "painting is transformative enough" and I suspect that wouldn't hold up in court. If you want an example of a painting that might be transformative enough, here is Ryder Ripps https://www.artsy.net/artwork/ryder-ripps-sup-1 https://www.artsy.net/artwork/ryder-ripps-sup-1 who referenced copyrighted photos and recreated them in this "wavy style".