A dear friend asked if I would like to work on an old family photo. I was delighted to see what I could do, and got it done in time for Mother’s Day. Digital collage © 2012 Liz Ruest Original: 2700×1800 pixels, 18 image layers and 14 adjustment layers
Tag: landscape
Neighbor
Maple red: the perfect fall color. Digital collage © 2012 Liz Ruest, 21 layers
Small Works
I’m exploring a very small format, 4×4″ square, found as canvas wrapped frames or, even better, wood panels from Artist & Craftsman Supply. Digital collages © 2012 Liz Ruest Each of these pieces was available as a 4×4″ print mounted to a wood panel or canvas with encaustic: $20 at the Flying House Sale 2012! One (Interlude) is…
A Sense of Place
On a recent trip to Portland, I visited Annie Meyer‘s gallery, and was inspired by her artist’s statement. My landscapes … are of specific places, but with minimal colors and shapes they are more emotional rather than factual in content. [They have] … evolved into what I consider an abstract sense of time and place…
Windup
A beach at the end of the road. Digital collage © 2012 Liz Ruest, 29 layers
Bones
The remains of an old dock signify decay, calm. Digital collage © 2012 Liz Ruest, 3 layers
Abstracted Landscapes
Textured paintings and a helpful blog by Nancy Reyner: http://www.nancyreyner.com/paintings
Show: (in the red)
I delivered Etched to its fall home yesterday: the annual juried show at the Lynnwood Library, this year with a theme of (in the red).