Toppling graves in Glasgow document family history. Digital collage © 2014 Liz Ruest, 28 layers
Tag: horizon
on second thought
A landscape complicated by texture. Digital collage © 2014 Liz Ruest, 25 layers
The British Landscape
Just back from my third visit to Scotland, and it’s still true: there’s something so compelling and inspirational about the British countryside. Here’s one of my compositions from there, Dale. Compared to the long views of the Skagit Valley farmland, the horizons in England and Scotland have a more immediate focal point. Trees and old buildings…
Skagit Horizons
Have you driven through the Skagit Valley in northwestern Washington? I find it beautiful all year, not just during its famous tulip season. The horizons are visible for miles! That I grew up in a farming area likely explains why I’m drawn to these views. My home town, in the Ottawa Valley, has similar terrain. A friend…
Skagit Fields
Skagit Valley farmland detail. Duotone digital photograph © 2014 Liz Ruest
Work in Progress
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…
Running
A row of sentries, running down the park boundary. Digital collage © 2013 Liz Ruest, 11 layers
Gauge
This foggy horizon is obscured with concrete and botanicals. Digital collage © 2013 Liz Ruest, 24 layers