Safari - The Giraffe in African Splendor
by Zsanan Studio
Title
Safari - The Giraffe in African Splendor
Artist
Zsanan Studio
Medium
Mixed Media - Original Paintings, Digital And & Mixed Media
Description
The Giraffe in African Splendor
This image came together in my studio in Asheville, North Carolina. But it started well before that in a lengthy process I smilingly refer to as my "art-tech-block-and-carve technique." The process actually brings together my original art- ( pastel, acrylic and/or watercolor work)- plus photos to "arrive, “ as a *collage - having been captured via my smartphone. Thus translated, I begin the next steps. The addition of layers and layers (probably more than 100!) create the resulting JPEG into the digital rendering you see.
*Collage- inspired by nature brings together elements both abstract and true to the natural world. My wish is that you will find these contemporary photo-paintings reflect an awesome energy. Such is life in all of its sometimes “weird glory.”
Materials Often Used: pen-and-ink for design, watercolor, canvas paper, sometimes gloss medium, lots and lots of digital layering of original materials - oil pastels, bits of acrylic paint etc.—captured by smartphone to create a JPEG, followed by digital-rendering and photo manipulation. THIS is a collage- a mixed media piece.
Meaning behind the digital collage - a story to tell: Promising Tales of Life on Planet Earth. This follows with my theme in narrative art with emotive content- ( some call an inner landscape)- that offers an opportunity for the viewer to interpret the story being told, and thus add to the story.
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. My thought is that visual impressions, founded on simple or more complex designs, can build on an promising tale of life on planet Earth.
_____ _____ symbolizes a sense of joy of life, transitions, new perceptions that evoke positive change, the embracing of an inner - symbolic-mythic- visual landscape. This piece may have a particular appeal as the visual narrative reveals that even disparate parts CAN work together.
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PHILANTHROPIC CAUSES -THANK YOU!!!
A portion of the proceeds from purchases support
PET RESCUE –especially our local https://www.mountainpetrescueavl.org/-
and CANCER RESEARCH.
FUSION ART::
All of my fusion art and contemporary abstract images –whether impressionist or expressionist- feature many, many, many layers blended for "pasted effects" to reveal - through pattern, texture, and light- a visual narrative about life on our blue planet that welcome your interpretation.
* Generally, you will find any number of hidden characters in my art work. (((*:*))
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October 8th, 2021
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