Asheville-Tubing the River
by Zsanan Studio
Title
Asheville-Tubing the River
Artist
Zsanan Studio
Medium
Mixed Media - Original Paintings And Digital Mixed Media
Description
ASHEVILLE- TUBING THE RIVER
" bar of soap spinning around the bathtub" BillyCollins
I am here in my studio in Asheville, North Carolina-- where the sentinel peaks of The Blue Ridge Mountains overlook the confluence of the French Broad river (racing north) and the Swannanoa (flowing west) -- feeling inspired by a verse from Billy Collins- what would it be like to be a"bar of soap spinning around the bathtub" ?? .
The clouds surround the studio this early morning. The temperate rainforest is speaking--calling me to walk the trails, travel the mountain coves, follow those rivers to creeks and waterfalls and stretch up to where the tall hemlocks live--and share the images nature provides.
This is about LETTING GO and going with the flow ...as the person at the bottom right might suggest! m(((*>*))
Here, from one of my canvases (acrylic) -- I borrow bits --then add more from a photo I took of one Asheville scene. I converted this all on canvas (accentuated with ink) to create a mixed media collage.
Another photo of that collage then came to Photoshop for digital manipulations (100s of layers) and rendering.
Here is lyrical abstraction-- a fusion-collage-- simultaneously sparse and ( I hope) exciting. It is my effort to visually narrate the point where logic meets emotion. In that place, change with compassion can happen.
THEME:: Landscapes
Landscapes (inner and outer) offer the opportunity to bring together slices of my original art in a collage, digitally-rendered. Blended elements, both abstract and organic, become a “fusion” lyrically abstracted and ripe for story telling.
In this case, the narrative is about facing challenges-- a visual metaphor for life as we know it. It symbolizes engagement and possible joie de vivre.
MEDIA:: Again, this is an example of my process: Sketch for composition to canvas and/or paper, sometimes, oil pastels, sometimes acrylic paint. The result then captured as a photo and brought to create a JPEG. Finally, digital layering of the original materials.
Objective:: Narrative art with emotive content- that offers an opportunity for the viewer to interpret the story being told, and thus add to the story. (Some are inner landscapes.) Whether as a digital abstractionist, working as well on canvas and with photography to produce mixed media images, my hope is to engage the viewer.
Symbolism :: Ever a sense of joy of life, transitions, new perceptions that evoke positive change, the embracing of an inner - symbolic-mythic- visual landscape that can reveal how disparate parts work together when visual impressions, founded on simple or more complex designs, build on a promising tale of life on Earth.
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PHILANTHROPIC CAUSES -THANK YOU!!!
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April 27th, 2023
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Comments (5)
Brooks Garten Hauschild
Hi Zsanan! I'm paying you a 'surprise 25 clicks' today from 'A Woman's Touch', starting with this beautiful image, which I will also be sharing in our 'SURPRISE ME' thread. FL
Zsanan Studio
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Gigi Thomas
Kuddos!Your awesome creation has been FEATURED on the ABSTRACT FEATURES DAILY GROUP Home Page!