Fine Art Digital Imagery
This image evokes memories of something I might have seen in Dr. Strange comic books from the seventies – a sort of post-industrial altar bathed in a supernatural light where elements of of technology and mysticism struggle to coexist.
Part of a series of images based upon the arch shape. The title comes from a series of Monet paintings which display the main arch of the Rouen Cathedral at different times of day and in different light. Monet’s paintings, while stylistically and formally similar, change mood based upon his color choices. Roy Lichtenstein re-imagined the pieces with large benday dots replacing Monet’s brush daubs of paint. In my series I played with combining and switching the RGB channels in the image file to create different moods based upon the same original image.
The vaguely rabbit shaped “hole” at the top of the image and the overall psychedelic feel of this image brings to mind the Jefferson Airplane classic, White Rabbit.
“When you go chasing rabbits, you know you’re bound to fall.”
This piece is based upon a photograph of a wall hanging my mother-in-law made for me. The design is a traditional block pattern that was also used on a quilt my grandmother made that was a favorite of mine as a child. As such the image has multiple layers of meaning for me representing my memories of the people who made them and also of my childhood.
The “destroyed” parts of the image represent loss:
The image uses various digital techniques to create a dynamic swirling image reminiscent of the Rembrant masterpiece from which the title is taken.
A post-apocalyptic look at the environment with a hope for environmental redemption.
A digital expressionist piece incorporating various images. The title is from the Steppenwolf song, Snow Blind Friend written by Hoyt Axton.
Imagined memories an exhibit of my artwork is currently hanging at Erato on Main Wine Bar and Kitchen in Edwardsville. The show will last through February and will be followed by an exhibit of work by John Quinn.
In the process of creating these prints I draw upon original photographs, each of which is a container for personal memories of the time, place and object captured within the image.
I digitally collage and paint the photos to create new, abstract images. In the process some of the original are retained but altered and others are lost or changed beyond recognition. What emerges is a new image with new meanings that become “tagged” to personal memories that are seemingly unrelated to their original content.
The process mirrors the way our mind uses existing memories to interpret new experiences and in the process reshapes both. Over time all of our memories become, to some degree, Imagined Memories.
My titles hint at some of the memories I associate with these images but the viewer is invited to create her own, personal connections. View the images…
