All the World's a Stage

"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: They have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts..."
"As you like it" William Shakespeare

This is my entry for the 4x4friday challenge "All things Shakespeare". This is a journal page I made using images from (Dover- cut out paperdoll) dried leaves and flowers, background paper and curtain images from graphic 45. Image of Shakespeare from wikimedia all cut and assembled .

Monarch and Blue

This is my entry for the Digital-Whisper Challenge " Orange and Blue". We were given 6 images and were to use 3-4 of them to create a digital collage. I used 5 of the given images

to create this piece starting on a background of my own and then layering and reducing opacity . Multiply and soft light filters added in Photoshop. Lots of fun and great images from a new challenge site!

Mirror Lake

This is my entry for the Collage Obsession Challenge ( Mirror) where we were given this lovely image of a bather. I altered it quite a bit adding wings and a lake scene (all from personal photos). I used her mirror image (cropped and reduced opacity) for the image in the lake. I added scattered roses (Photoshop brush)and rock wall cropped and layered (scrapbookgraphics) to complete the landscape.

Art Nouveau

This is my entry for the Sunday Postcard Art challenge "Art Nouveau". When I think of that period of art the wonderful posters of Mucha come to mind and so this digital expression tries to bring that feeling through with fabric, color, design and images from that period. All of those elements were scanned and layered in Photoshop with soft light filters and gaussian blur.

Credits: e-vint.com, Dover, scrapbookgraphics. Personal photo.

Eclectic- 4x4 Friday

This is my entry for the 4x4friday challenge" Eclectic". The word eclectic and collage are synonymous to me; gathering elements from different sources to create art that forms a collective but cohesive effect and that speaks to everyone. This digital collage is made from background ( scrapbookgraphics) image from (Moonlight Journey) vintage botanical prints and art to borrow from (Stampington).

Crimes of Passion

I was working on this piece today using a (Graffiti Art) image given to us from Kimmie for the Digital Whisper challenge and it turned into a rather bright and colorful collage so I think it works well for the Theme Thursday challenge (Bright Colors) also .
There is some amazing graffiti art out there ranging from straight out obscene vandalism to beautiful art! I have a wonderful book "Graffiti Women" Street Art From Five Continents by Nicholas Ganz and I recommend it for viewing and perhaps giving the reader a new perspective on this crime of passion.

Damselfly

This is my entry for the Mixed Media Monday challenge (personal symbols and myth). For me the exploration of the Divine Feminine and Nature are an ongoing theme in my art and my spiritual beliefs. It is what inspires me to create. I began a study of the Goddess about 12 years ago ( being disappointed with traditional religions) and found through myth a natural explanation of life and its mysteries. I try to follow the seasonal wheel and incorporate nature and its cycles in all that I do. This digital piece is an expression again of the feminine spirit in nature, feeling at home in her beauty and abundance.