Comments on: Altered Images in an Alternative Universe

By: Flora

Flora — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:20:52 +0000

I love the rush that direct painting brings. The tactile experience, the run of colour, the experience of the setting etc, nothing could ever replace that for me. Using a digital altering device is really a whole other world that produces results that I could never do myself. It’s also forgiving….there is always the undo button. It’s fun to alter something that is your own creation too. It’s really apples and oranges though.
I much prefer painting, but I am also looking forward to playing with photoshop some more!
i really like the kalidescope bit and abstracting a piece too.

By: Flora

Flora — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:56:23 +0000

Thanks John! I’m waiting for a blog where I can read about the kitchen design adventures of you and your wife because that is a mysterious world that I have been able to glimpse into this past year!
Yesterday I planted dozens more of those Siberians that my friend Pamela gifted me. Some were still in bloom and I wanted to cut them and take them back to the studio and work on them! However, it was very late by the time I finished planting and Larry finished sanding…..and neither of us done either!…Just ‘done in”. Next year I will FOR SURE set the time aside.
The Iris and Lupine painting, meant to look like a watercolour, is not quite finished. It is fairly large on a 30″ x 36″ canvas and will be priced at $950 when it’s ready. Unless I become too attached….which happens to many paintings if I hang them for more than 2 weeks in our house. lol. The best case scenario is that I paint the canvas, and then Rob from the Flight of Fancy comes over and takes it away to his store.
Thanks for your kind words.

By: carolwiebe

carolwiebe — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:04:59 +0000

I agree with Sheri–these are all gorgeous, right from that original iris painting through all the digital permutations.

John has a point: your watercolours are exquisite, but it is also fun to take an original and play with it. I loved the kaleidoscope as a child (still do!) and it feels like playing with a kaleidoscope when I flip and combine parts of a photo or painting. How I used to wish that I could preserve a design when it was so beautiful, but one tiny movement and a whole new design would emerge.

With Photoshop, I can keep every change!

By: John Thompson

John Thompson — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:21:34 +0000

I love all your “artistic adventures”, Flora. The computer variants are very cool, but your watercolours are by far my favorite. The iris are just plain exquisite!! Next year you will just have to set aside those 2 weeks to get lost in your iris and the rest of the world be damned! Is the” Iris and Lupines” painting for sale?

By: Flora

Flora — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:45:24 +0000

Thank you Sheri! We are so lucky to be surrounded by so much colour!

By: Sheri Gaynor

Sheri Gaynor — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:01:56 +0000

GORGEOUS!!! WOW! What an amazing explosion of color.

Thank you for brightening my day.