Hard work can be erased with a dismissal — but what if it’s worth paying attention to?
Digital collage, 12 layers © 2025 Liz Ruest
From the Pretty/Angry series
This piece started with a relatively calm layer: some moulding paste, some pinks at the edge, some dark browns, but most of the markmaking covered up. Well, okay, I can add more: painted red marks, scribbled brown pencil, collaged pen & ink — over top they went. A soft blue and some cream layers covered and lightened the piece; the end result looks like the blue’s been scraped over as a cover-up. What’s the focus: the covering up or the details just peering through?
Availability
These pieces will be printed on demand, mounted to a foamcore backing, and then embossed and incised with additional marks to create a variable edition. The underlying digital work will be the same; each print will have unique marks.
- Signed unique editions created as custom orders: specify the size you’d like.