Photoshop

The Decade project: 2006 to 2016

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A recent project related to developing a work in response to the topic ‘The Decade: 2006 to 2016’. I have based the work on the cycle of the Chinese Zodiac (from the Ai Wei Wei sculptures) with 2006 as the Year of the Dog and 2016 as the Year of the Monkey. I have drawn on many recent initiatives for this, including use of Photoshop to treat create a suitable base set of image, techniques such as layering with drafting film and use of acrylic transfers to create an aged and worn patina. These three images should be viewed as a triptych. The images reflect my interest in the works of artists such as David Noonan (with his use of found images) and Thornton Walker (for both his use of found images and sense of drama and narrative that attends his work).

 

The (plasticine) armchair traveller continued

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The following multi layered mixed media works have been constructed from photoshopped photos of a still life composition (featuring the plasticine arm chair and driftwood based sculptures representing ruined settlements along the silk road) combined with a carbon paper tracing of Central Asian map and a water color based monotype.

The photos have been applied as the final layer using T-shirt transfer paper.

More travels from my (red plasticine) armchair

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I have followed the lead of many artists (eg Amanda Marburg) and constructed my own still life sets/dioramas from plasticine and other objects. Red plasticine was used to create models for an old op shop wing back arm chair. The remainder of the sets were based on Penguin travel books and drift wood sculptures of ruins of the silk road. The resulting images (see below) were photoshopped and then treated with filters from the new iPhoto application.

Kun Iam composite photo with incense cone watermark

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A recent project has involved using photoshop to merge photographs/images to create an overall new composite work. I used photos taken on a recent holiday to Hong Kong/Macau, from the Kun Iam Temple. The large incense cones were amazing. The image of the cone has been used to create a watermark in the new work. In the construction of the overall composite image I was inspired by the work of Kahn & Selesnick.