25.june.07

this is my last full week of work before my much needed vacation next week.  our company is closing for the 2nd and 3rd (very nice of them) and i'm taking the 5th and 6th off to relax and spend some time in the garden, which needs some serious attention. and enter into my craft room. which also needs some serious attention.  this past weekend i went to the providence open air market- crafts,diy, farmer's market, antiques,etc. and i'm thinking about renting a space for the fall weekends.  it was inspiring and the kick-in-the-pants i needed. right around the corner is the second  brimfield weekend- so i'm off in search of treasures to re-purpose for my market space.

this weekend i was absorbed in the art of peter hollinghurst, a uk, digital alchemist who works in the realms of our dreams and fairytales. i love how he combines digital and traditional elements to stories i've always loved. his latest series, memory and muchness is inspired by alice in wonderland and through the looking glass.

artist technique:
"...working digitally in photoshop, i use montages of photographs constantly sampled and re-sampled.  layers of opacity open me to allowing chance elements to conspire together with the subconscious to bring the characters and places to life.  originally and oil and portrait painter, i discovered that digital techniques could enable a more fluid and dynamic relationship between myself and my art.  combined with discovering photographic techniques used by early criminologists, i have spent the last couple of years refining and building my digital techniques.  i also re-synthesis digital with analogue by combining prints with oils and other media.