Paintscape

This is my entry for The Three Muses challenge this week which is "Surreal". This was a wonderful challenge for me as I'm always trying to make "sense" of things and by the definition of surreal - things are dreamlike or non-sensical. In this digital collage I tried to import elements that would represent an underwater dream world that is controlled and "painted" by a presence outside of that world. The woman appears a bit captive yet in awe of her strange but colorful world. When creating this piece it was hard to distinguish fantasy from surrealism and I really want to try to explore and work on this form of art expression some more . Totally fun!

Altered Ancestors

This is a collage made from a black and white photo from the late 1920's of my Grandmother Doris when she was dancing with a modern dance group the "Denishawn Dancers". I scanned the photo into Photoshop and added a solarized and soft light effect to add color and highlights. I also imported images of middle eastern towers to carry the theme of the dance and costume she is wearing. She was quite the bohemian and always inspired me with her exotic tastes and love of ethnic dance. This is for Inspire Me Thursday's theme "Altered Ancestors"

Purple and Green

I love the colors purple and green - alone and combined together. There is a coolness and warmth in combination that I am very drawn to. This is a collage that I made from a journal page of a stamped mother and child (Madonna) with an imported photo of a stained glass piece that I made to give it an "old world" effect or looking through a window kind of feel. This is for Wednesday Stamper theme "Purple and Green"