Mystic Marble chosen for ASCI show

Posted on | August 25, 2010 | No Comments

I’ve just been notified that one of my Mystic Marble Series (Creation) has been selected for the Art & Science Collaborations, Inc. (ASCI) upcoming show at the New York Hall of Science! The title of the show is Digital 2010: PLANET EARTH.

I’m back again!

Posted on | July 31, 2010 | No Comments

Just a quick note. Sorry that I’ve been missing in action for awhile.

I’ve been possessed by some digital painting projects and landscapes. I’ve just posted a collection of my most recent in a slideshow on the homepage of my site at http://withDigitalEyes.com. Please visit it, but here’s a taste of my landscape craze.

Printmaking Exploration

Posted on | June 28, 2010 | No Comments

I just spend a week at the Center for Contemporary Printmaking in Connecticut at a workshop on alternative printing techniques. I had so much fun printing on metals, plastics, and even putting an image on a serving dish!

I’d been playing with some of these techniques, but it was great having guidance and the freedom to explore without fear of ruining my printers.

The image to the right is called Red Sky in Morning (Sailors take Warning), and I had done it before the workshop as a hand pulled mono-print on enameled aluminum and finished with encaustic techniques. I have three more that are waiting for me to do today.

Because of the workshop I now have a terrific print on a custom substrate that I made from spun polyester and modeling paste. I also embedded a leaf that I had found on the ground on the way into the Center one day. I scanned the leaf before embedding it and over-printed this image:

The print now has three leaves, one the natural brown/gold color and the other two scanned and turned white with under-painting and a mesh screen scan overlay.

Below is one of the prints waiting to be put onto the aluminum panels:

Color Intervention Needed

Posted on | May 22, 2010 | No Comments

Color Intervention – house paint colors that cry out for someone to have said, “Don’t do it!”

I came around the corner of a street and was blinded by the sun reflecting off this house. I went back later to take a photo.

Have you seen other paint combinations that might need a color intervention?

Add a comment and send me the picture – I’ll post it.  jeri@withdigitaleyes.com.

Snowed yesterday & I went to the warm colors!

Posted on | April 18, 2010 | No Comments

I seem to go for the warm colors when it’s snowing. Wonder what I’ll produce this summer? A lot of icy blues probably.

Here’s the first called “Moon Moth.” You can see it and a few others in my newest contemporary gallery. Click on the image and you’ll be taken there.

“Lily Burst” is below.

I’ve been playing with transfers onto aluminum today. I tried both of these. Not too bad, but not good enough. I’ll have to keep experimenting.

Handwriting as a design element

Posted on | March 27, 2010 | 2 Comments

I have always been fascinated with the use of handwriting as a element in a design. I’m not usually interested in the majority of today’s handwriting, but the older letters and papers which used a more flowing and graceful script.

I just completed an image incorporating handwriting as the major element of the design. It is very different from most of my other pieces which tend to have a lot of movement. This piece depends on the writing to provide that movement.

It is called “Messages” and can be seen in my “Memories” collection. Click on the image to go to that show and see it much larger.

February in Maine

Posted on | February 28, 2010 | No Comments

February in Maine produces thoughts of the Caribbean. After a month of rain and wind and looking at the ugly ground, dead grass, and piles of dirty snow, I guess I dove into color this week.

All are based on the same color pallet and a painted background in Corel Painter. Then each square image is collaged with original photographs or fractals. The center rectangular piece includes collaged pieces from each of the square images.

Go to a flash presentation on my site and view larger images as well as detail cuts from each image.

2 New Landscapes on withDigitalEyes.com

Posted on | February 20, 2010 | 2 Comments

I have two new contemporary landscapes on my website.

They were both made by painting the background in Corel Painter and then bringing them into Photoshop for color adjustments. I then collaged some recursive fractal flames that I had made using an open sourced program called Apophysis.

This technique gives an intriguing out of world feel to a painting heavy with brush strokes.

Somerville Dam – Contemporary Digital Collage

Posted on | February 6, 2010 | No Comments

I’m really pleased with this one!

Years ago, I had taken a series of photos of a broken down dam in Somerville, Maine. It was early spring and water was tumbling through the wreckage of the dam walls and pieces of machinery which had been abandoned to rust.

Starting with a floor tile as inspiration, I created the background and put a fractal onto it. Adjustments with blending changes on the layers brought me to the colors and transparency that I was looking for. Of course, I didn’t know what I was looking for until I saw it.

I then tried several landscape photos in the mix, and didn’t like any of them. So I began going through my collection of photos from years ago.

The fractal had a circular motion in the center and rang a note of similarity with the turbine wheel (I guess that’s what it was) that was downstream from the dam walls. Using my photos, I began layering bits and pieces of the photos to create the collage. A lot of adjustments, rearranging, and structuring elements resulted in the final image.

I feel that this is the direction that I’m going to be following, at least for awhile.

Please send me your comments!

Warm Colors for Winter

Posted on | January 26, 2010 | No Comments

I seem to have been in an orange mood this weekend. Although very different, these two collages have similar color pallets.

Click on each of them will take you to the image show where the larger version is displayed.

Please let me know what you think of them. Good or bad, I’d like feedback.

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Hi, I'm Jeri and I'm a digital artist. I get a lot of questions about how I work and a lot of "What the heck is it?" comments when I'm in a show. So I decided to convert my "Fire & Ice - copper & glass art miniatures" site to a blog to discuss digital art, imaging, and mixed media.

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