the artist's statement

"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye" from THE LITTLE PRINCE. When people ask me "WHAT KIND OF ARTIST ARE YOU?"... I tell them, I am a painter ... they ask "OH oil or watercolor?".... I say, neither... I paint with light ... they give me a strange look.... IF I have the time and I think they are really interested, then I clarify... I use a camera and a scanner as a starting point, and then where it leads me I never know ... the end result may be a light capture from my scanner, or a manipulated photo, using many different computer enhancement tools including photoshop...... sometimes I create something that does not even look like anything recognizable. Then sometimes, I use mixed media.... mixing a printed inkjet picture with maybe a magazine transfer using wintergreen oil, or adding paint, or using sandpaper to rough it up ....in the end I have something original that never existed before.... just a splash of pixel dust.

Sunday, May 15, 2011

fantasy forest





One from my FANTASY FOREST series.  This one is again, an original from my trail cam.  As is usually the case, upon removing the cam, I end up moving the camera and I get some swirl effect.  With about an hour manipulating the picture using Topaz and photoshop art filters, and color changes, I came upon the final effect that I liked.  
Posted by Johny Alives at 12:11 PM

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