April 16th, 2007
[-art, photography, poetry-]
Today’s image comes from Maureen Shaughnessy, the talented photographer and artist who has been a frequent contributor to The PCQ. She continually explores deeper and deeper into the possibilities of photographic/drawn art alterations.
I asked Maureen about this image and she said that she took a painting of a “normal, boring fish” and digitally altered it giving the appearance of perspective and swimming in different positions…” Maureen was working with the idea of “taking a flat…almost cut-paper or 2-dimensional tapestry gradually…transforming into a 3-dimensional dream image as you go right.”
I love not only the image she came up with, but the visual, design and metaphorical exploration behind it.
To accompany her image, she includes the following:
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And a part, just a little part of a poem by one of my very favorite
poets, Mary Oliver … to accompany this dream image. This is the last bit of her poem,
Dogfish
Mostly, I want to be kind.
And nobody, of course, is kind,
or mean,
for a simple reason.
And nobody gets out of it, having to
swim through the fires to stay in
this world.
And look! look! look! I think those little fish
better wake up and dash themselves away
from the hopeless future that is
bulging toward them.
And probably,
if they don’t waste time
looking for an easier world,
they can do it.
— by Mary Oliver
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Linking literary works to art - whether they are your own words or someone else’s - can add a further dimensionality that enhances both.
thanks, Maureen for an inspiring alteration.
This image is part of Maureen’s Alterations and Digital Collages set
Here’s a link to Maureen’s blog, Raven’s Nest
All Maureen’s articles on The PCQ.
Here’s a PCQ science article on Dimensions
Originally published in the original Practically Creative blog, March 2006
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April 9th, 2007
[-photo essay, art, process-]
Paint is commonly used to alter things, but Cynthia’s sense of color and her freedom about what and how she paints, take it into a new and fantastic realm. Here are some of her thoughts on the transformative power of color:
Painting is about color.
A friend of mine once told me that the easiest way to transform a home’s look is with paint.
before - “sun painted room” cynthia korzekwa © 2005-2007
after - “painted room” cynthia korzekwa © 2005-2007
Keep everything that you have but just change its color. It’s true. I’ve painted my walls, my chairs, my sofa. I’ve even painted curtains on my windows. In the past I’ve even painted my clothes, my purses, my shoes. I feel that as long as I have a can of paint and a brush, I can transform anything I want into something I want.
“broom” cynthia korzekwa © 2005 - 2007
Color creates a state of mind.
Color is a state of mind.
“studio kitchen” cynthia korzekwa ©2005-2007
Cynthia Korzekwa has an incredibly playful but also interesting and deep creativity. She’s been nice enough to share more of her work with us so click on the links below:
Art begins at home - Cynthia’s thoughts on the domestic side of art and her fantastically inspiring recycled art
Cynthia says of herself:
I was born in Texas. My childhood was greatly influenced by our housekeeper. Her name was Fela. She was from Piedras Negras. I grew up speaking Spanish, eating bean tacos and listening to rancheras. Almost a Mexican. The first drawings I remember doing were done in my mother’s books. I did a series of scribbles in Webster’s dictionary. My mother wasn’t impressed. I think I got into trouble. But I kept drawing anyway. That is until I went to Catholic school. There they had rules about everything. Even about drawing. Stuff like: don’t draw to the margin of the page, don’t go out of the lines, don’t put pink next to red. All those rules made drawing a stress. Then I grew up and realized that those rules weren’t for me. They were for somebody else…..Some people were born to be foreigners. I’m one of them. I can’t be homogenized.
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Visit Cynthia’s sites:
korzekwa | flickr site: los ojos | art for housewives | blog: paros - see more of her painted interiors | blog: ikastikos | email: cynthiak at tin dot it
Originally published in the January 2006 issue of The Practically Creative Quarterly, theme: alterations
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