So, what DOES one do with a year’s worth of collages? I am more than halfway done with my daily collage project, and my thoughts are turning to what’s next. Here is my pile of sketchbooks, getting harder and harder to lie flat. I have been planning to scan the images, and convert them into digital…
Author: Liz Ruest
Artist creating digital collage fine art by layering printmaking, photography, and paper collage. Roots in Ontario, based in the Pacific Northwest since 1989.
Hurray for Andy Goldsworthy
One of my favorite artists. Enjoy! Unexpected Land Art Beautifully Formed in Nature – My Modern Metropolis.
From Wind and Rain, Beauty
From photographyblogger.net, enjoy these lovely images: 16 Wonderful Pictures of Floating Leaves.
Holiday Images
Winter is nigh! As we turned the clocks back, and the evenings, and soon mornings, are now darker, I thought about how much I appreciate a welcoming light, inside and outside our homes and businesses. In case you agree, I rounded up a collection of light- and lamp-based images from some of my favorite cities….
New Texture Tool!
I had fun today trying out my new Gelli plate! Sure beats making my own gelatin. Have you wondered about monoprinting? Here’s a quick video demonstration from their site. Here’ I’ve used textures from the Gelli plate to form the basis for one of my daily collages. And I’m thinking next about textures for holiday…
Featured!
I’m delighted to be the featured artist today on Artsy Shark!
Technology, the Modern Art Tool
From Paul Sietsema’s show at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago: Although there is quite a bit of hand labor in my work, the working processes involve many eras of tools, including of-the-moment ones, and keystrokes as well. I think this kind of interactivity is, importantly, a two-way street: using the hand this way…
Otherworldly Iceland
Another brilliant set of images from Irene Suchocki: http://is-theblog.blogspot.com/2013/09/ordinary-silence.html