For this montage, I started with mud and a pair of eye balls. Intuitively, I placed the eyes in the mud. Everything else came as I was pulled more into the montage and what it was speaking to my soul. The picture was created in Corel PhotoPaint and Adobe Photoshop. I usually like using two to three software programs when creating a photo montage or digital painting. Here’s the poem that was written after completion of the montage that tells the story:
languid in the sun
memories fly with the wind
pregnant with meaning
while brown earth and me
shape form and creative mind
into molded myth
and mud eyes that see
principled composition
captures the fancy with moist lips of red,
soft and sensual movement,
evoke artful dreamsfree and powerful,
a prophetess of stillness
expresses innocence
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September 26, 2007 at 2:12 pm
Vi
Wow! I’m speechless. This is such a great creation. So much imagination. You are good
September 26, 2007 at 2:52 pm
Lori
OUTSTANDING!!! This is a stunning montage and I very much appreciate your explanation of your process.
I find myself collecting images or just going out and taking my own photographs and putting them into a digital “collage box”. When I feel the urge to do a montage and start browsing my images until I find some that speak to me. Then I put them together.
Thanks for posting this.
September 26, 2007 at 3:20 pm
marimann
I agree, this is stunning and the poem accents the image so well. And thanks for sharing your process, it’s always fascinating to read of how others create their art.
September 26, 2007 at 8:48 pm
traveller
Wonderful piece and thanks for the explanation. I love the little face peeping out from near the bottom of the rocks.
October 16, 2007 at 2:42 am
quinncreative
This is just the most amazing combination of words and images! So much to see and understand!
October 30, 2007 at 12:45 am
Heather Blakey
What I really find stands out about your work Genece is the diversity of what you do. Both the art and the poetry are brilliant. I fear superlatives that are appropriate escape me right at this moment