dammit anne you're supposed to take my side! it's a fuckin painting. a wonderful painting, but still a painting, and this place is for photos! blah to all of you.
Getting the painting into the computer isn't so difficult. The hard part is cleaning the microscopically tiny brushes after you're done... (seriously? you could either use an oversize scanner or set up a studio portrait session and use a digital camera to photograph a painting)