La Dolce Vita Artwork

I have created works on paper for the past 30 years, but have not utilized a paint brush since I discovered that I could create art work on my computer. The computer has become the tools of my medium. Creating montages from images in Photoshop, I create collages which I, then turn into a grouping of contour line drawings which allows me to delineate the various areas of color. I, in turn work on a tracing paper overlay in Corel Painter, a raster-image computer program where I can place each individual dot by clicking on my mouse which I have programmed to make a dot. Out if an array of colors my pointillist pieces come to life helping me to construct through the use of these programs, a means of creating a drama consisting of reflections of women's inner stories. While working in Corel painter a computer painting program, I employ elements of collage in my paintings to conjure up images created from a mixture of fantasy, mood and symbolism, blended together in a variety of ways to create my own world. I am drawn to the paintings of the pre-Raphaelite painters with their sensuous depiction of women from mythology and prints form the Ukiyo-e period. Through my art work I seek to open the doors and allow the viewer to enter into a deeper level where wisdom and metaphor can reveal a vast new world beyond the surface. I seek not only to render the interaction of colors as I create images but explore elements of the female psyche. Incorporating images of classic women with objects of nature, I try to illustrate through my paintings their innate nobleness, revealing the instinctive nature that resides within them. http: