The colors and textures in this piece bring to mind Roman ruins in Provence. I wonder why that is? The base collage is not particularly French or Roman: it has monoprint scraps, some book text, and a marked up piece of green paper that I used as a catchall when working.
The digital layers help bring together a sense of that French ancestral family connection. There’s a small detail from a beach fence in Normandy, and some rooftops from the south of France. Then I added mosaic tile and marble details that make me think of old Roman construction, even though they’re from Chicago! The color wash, from a grid of leaf prints, adds the terracotta hue that is so much a part of Provence. It’s balanced by some green from watercolor washes and a boat wake. Texture from stone, microscopic details, and barnacles add a sense of age.
Digital collage © 2014 Liz Ruest, 28 layers
From the 2014: Building Blocks series
Based on day 199 of my daily collage project, 2013-2014
History
Accepted to Linus Galleries‘ online exhibition Montage.
Recognized with an Award of Excellence in Four Points Contemporary’s 4th Biannual online exhibition.
Liz, what is the text here from?
Going back to the source file to be sure, looks like the only layer with text is the original collage, here: http://1drv.ms/XEyOtm. Some old French books that I dared to rip up!