digital image manipulation

I’ve chopped up a piece of old ‘waste paint’ canvas paper to make some ‘tiny’ art.

I love making my little drawings/paintings. I let the prepped background speak to me about what the subject will be. They’re sketches that, in most cases, remain autonomous.

With these little canvasses, however, I am considering some larger works coming out of the sketches.

Here, I’ve had a little play with some digital manipulation of the background of one of the pieces. I can see a use for these images as larger scale oil paintings.

Here, I’ve used my Japanese stamps to make pink and yellow floating blossoms. They have a decorative look that would work well in smaller acrylic works.

Day 996/5 is all green! 💚

My digital works have been printed (http://www.visionimagelab.com.au) and are now at the framers (http://framingdave.com). Here is a little preview of 4 of the 8 digital works. I’ve chosen a favourite detail of each work to show you. The detail I’ve chosen is also outlined in black in the thumbnail of the work. If you mouse over the image the colour is better—I like this WordPress theme (misty lake), but the design ‘mists’ the images until you mouse over, therefore the true colour of the image is not what you see at first.

Title: ‘FAN OF THE WAVE’ Size: 80cm x 80cm

I’m a big fan of the wave! This detail shows Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ in a central glassy bubble, from which a fan of the wave radiates.

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Title: ‘CENTREPIECE’ Size: 26cm x 30cm

This was an exercise in placing objects inside ‘orbs’. I used photographs of fallen poinsettia leaves, which were then digitally coloured, blended and layered. This detail shows the central ‘glow’ of the orb.

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Title: ‘YULE (Flor de Noche Buena)’ Size: 80cm x 80cm

I was thinking about Juju hats when I was creating this work. Representations of Poinsettia leaves have been ‘collaged’ radiating out from the centre. This detail shows the layering, which intentionally looks random.

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Title: ‘REIKI BALL’ Size: 30cm x 80cm

This work harks back somewhat to my set painting days at the Kirribilli pub theatre. I tended to use designs that were simple and/or geometric to give the small performance space some depth. This detail shows the digital weaving of photographed textured paper, and the ball with Seikaha wave pattern (a motif that appears in a number of works).

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