Thursday, September 4, 2014

Teenie Venus

One of my favorite paintings of the Renaissance period is Boticelli's Venus de Milo. She's beautiful and the colors are fantastic. I also have a love-hate-love relationship with Leonardo diVinci. I love him for the mind he had to wrap around geometry and some of his inventions. So I knew I just had to work this out somehow. The resulting digital collage has a layer of mica built in to add even more age to the images that make it look more like stone than paper, paint and canvas. Because, stone is ageless.

Yes, I did some editing of Vetruvius Man; I didn't want to be accused of some pornographic message but I also didn't want to have to put pants on him, although that could be a humorous take on the imagery. Perhaps I need to revisit this concept?!

10 comments:

  1. Wow Cheryl this is fabulous and what a brilliant idea.

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  2. Thank you for your kind words, Lisette. When you start with awesome materials from the Masters, it has to be good, right? We can only hope our own works will stand the test of time like that. Have a brilliant day! c

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  3. Beautiful work! I want to see the one you put pants on, lol!

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  4. I'm glad you like this one and i'll be sure to let you know when I put pants on Mr. Vetruvius. I'm thinking that's a fun job! Have a brilliant day! c

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  5. Lovely collage and some great masters to choose.

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  6. Thank you, Kia, they definitely provide us with much beauty to work with. I like being able to layer, move around and just generally play with 'pretty pictures.' Have a brilliant day! c

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  7. Great job. I love how much detail you got into you inchie! I think you rocked it out!

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    1. Thank you so much! I had great material to start with, for certain! It rocks, pun intended?!! Glad you took the time to view my work, much thanks! Have a brilliant day! c

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  8. Wendy, Thank you for your kind words and for taking the time to tell me so. Have a brilliant day! c

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