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Margaret Bold: Iris, 2001, Software: Adobe Illustrator 8.0, The image was hand drawn with a mouse using custom adjusted ovals and rectangles, which were duplicated and to which linear and radial color gradients were applied. My "inspiration" was an illustration in a gardening book on perennials. I created "Iris" as a part of my "Mother Lessons" for my Mothers’ Day web page. "Iris" is used to represent Beauty as a "lesson" in appreciation from a mother - probably my own. I gave my mother a copy of "Iris"; it remained in her home until her death.
Jesse Holden: behind the fall lines we cast flood lights for your eyes and its the natural distinction that tragedy = the tailor of modern thought. i re-read my history books to see how many times you ruined rome. 2002, software: Photoshop 5.5 on a Macintosh computer.
Jesse Holden: Icons are power, trust your doctor, 2001, software: Photoshop 5.5 on a Macintosh computer.
Jesse Holden: one, two, three, four, 2001, software: Photoshop 5.5 on a Macintosh computer.
Jesse Holden: What to say when there is nothing to say, 2001, software: Photoshop 5.5 on a Macintosh computer.
Joey Sala: Untitled, 2002, software: Photoshop 6.0, In the original photo, the child is perched on the edge of an ornate rocking chair. She seemed so out of place and ill-at-ease. I decided to exaggerate that feeling by putting her in an unconventional setting. She started out holding one doll, and that seemed very commonplace. . . plus, I liked the idea of the three doorways in the structure and decided to play with this repetition. . . hence the second "doll".
Joey Sala: Untitled, 2002, software: Photoshop 6.0, Terragen, For this image, I created a landscape using Terragen, a terrain generating program. The image of the woman seemed as forlorn as the landscape, even in her original environment. I used Photoshop 6 to place her in the landscape. I had conflicts deciding what to have in her hands (she was originally holding a small ball), none of the more popular objects, i.e. ball, flowers, etc., suited the feeling I wanted to convey. The death of a very close family member put all creative thought on a back burner. When I finally attempted to work on this piece again, I felt my muses had deserted me. Nothing worked, then while browsing through my source material, I came across a picture of a pile of human skulls, and everything fell into place.
Home Literary Arts Visual Arts About Zephyr Contact Graphic Version
Mendocino College Online Journal of the Arts - Spring 2002 Text Version
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