Tag: collage

  • If life were enough, we wouldn’t make art.

    If life were enough, we wouldn’t make art.

    There are many reasons that artists make art. This one is my favorite: To create a new world to live in. A mini world, a micro world, a place, a setting, a feeling, a vibe. Because the world in front of us, that which we objectively see, is not enough. The world that we move…

  • Frida Kahlo Quote on Flowers

    Frida Kahlo Quote on Flowers

  • Digital Floral Collage

    One of my favorite art exercises is creating a digital floral collage. It’s something I can always get into if I am feeling a little less than inspired, or short on time. I have a couple of albums of flowers photos, some my own, some from creative commons images. It’s a very playful exercise. I…

  • Generative Art Prints

    Trying something new this week: I’m taking some of the generative art prints I’ve made over the years and getting them ready to put in my shop. I’ve written a bit about my generative art process, which is not purely “generative,” in that it’s not created directly from code. Instead I use a sort of…

  • Silencing the Inner Art Critic

    Do you have an inner art critic? How do you go about silencing him/her/them? Julia Cameron, who wrote the definitive book on maintaining creativity, “The Artist’s Way,” calls the inner art critic “the Censor,” and suggests visualizing him in a funny way to take away his power. The point is that the inner critic does…

  • Digitized Brushstroke Collages

    Digitized Brushstroke Collages

    Abstract art is so alluring, but also daunting. The greats make it look easy (Diebenkorn, Rothko, Mitchell), but the reality is that it is so much easier to make a lot of crap. Yet I keep getting drawn to making it. Not sure why. Lately I’ve been making these digitized brushstroke collages. It started out…