Saturday, December 1, 2012

Some pieces for Digitalmania.

This week the Digitalmaniacs are taking on the style of Nicki Newfield, a British born Californian mixed media artist.
The Digitalmania group chooses a mixed media artist,  and we all attempt to emulate their style using digital techniques.  It's very challenging, but great fun as well.

Here's a bit about Nicki...
A few years ago, Nicki started to incorporate collage into her work. After a visit to Russia she became so intrigued with the art, especially the icons, that her work evolved into mixed media and collage on canvas.
Her current works are highly textured, combining many layers of paper and metallic paint. “When I start a new canvas, I have no idea where the process will take me. I like to incorporate renaissance and religious images, but sometimes my theme can be eliminated during the course of my layering and my finished work can take on a whimsical mood” Nicki does not work with bright colors but instead, prefers to use more muted “Tuscan” tones. Like her watercolors, she uses transparent glazes which reveal hidden images and surprises to the viewer. “I love every minute of this artistic process and the discovery in capturing the essence of a bygone era.”
 
Saint Clare

In the Stars
 

Enduring
 

6 comments:

  1. Beautifully done, yes, it s syre, a hard challenge.

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  2. I love these they are so deep and rich with fabulous layers...wasn't this a great challenge.

    In answer to your question...Leonardo provided the younger version of Mona, it is a painting of her as a young woman that they recently discovered. I heard the story about the painting and went looking for it on Google.

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  3. Thanks for introducing me to this artist. I love the three collages you did.xx

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  4. like in the stars and enduring,both having the qualities of very old fresco art

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  5. like in the stars and enduring,both having the qualities of very old fresco art

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  6. like in the stars and enduring,both having the qualities of very old fresco art

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