Emergence

It is hard to believe just how much art I saw in Italy. The aesthetic beauty encompasses not just the large, famous pieces, but also, when you look closely, the smaller elaborate details that embellish the architectural landscape. This piece is made up of two such examples. One image shows the sculptural reliefs surrounding a fountain, called Fonte Gaia, in the Piazza del campo (city square) in Siena. The other image is of a small, rather insignificant dragon at the base of a grand sculpture in St. Peter’s Basilica.

This piece was in my Impressions of Italy show and is now on exhibit in Michele Waalkes ARTS  located on the main floor of 2nd April galerie and Studios at 324 Cleveland Ave. NW, Canton, OH 44702. Hours are Tuesday- Saturday 10am - 6pm.

Size: (h x w) 12" x 18"
Media: Original digital print on aluminum
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Time Elapse

I was struck by the sight of poppies growing among the ancient ruins in Italy, particularly in the large amphitheater in Pompeii and on Palatine Hill in Rome. In some cases it looked like the poppies could slowly rise up and overtake the remnants of stone. This prompted me to create this time elapse image of the poppies.

This piece was in my Impressions of Italy show.

Size: (h x w) 16" x 20" framed
Media: Original digital print on canvas
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Columns

This piece was created using an image of a line of trees in Pompeii which I combined with an image of a colonnade in St Peter’s Square. The row of trees looked like natural columns, inspiring me to combine the two images to create natural and man-made columns.

This piece was in my Impressions of Italy show and is now on exhibit in Michele Waalkes ARTS, located on the main floor of 2nd April galerie and Studios at 324 Cleveland Ave. NW, Canton, OH 44702. Hours are Tuesday- Saturday 10am - 6pm.

Size: (h x w) 18" x 24" framed
Media: Original digital print on canvas
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Mortality

Everywhere you look in Roman statuary, you can’t help but notice how strength is optimistically portrayed, as seen by this image of a female sculpture from the Vatican Museum. To visually challenge that ideal, I have incorporated an image of a relief on a tombstone, in the Protestant Cemetery in Rome. The relief depicts a powerful scene of a woman being led away by an angel, while the husband and four children grieve.

Size: (h x w) 18" x 24" framed
Media: Original digital print on canvas
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Strata

I find layers of history fascinating, each stratum a witness to a different time in the same place. It is no surprise, then, that I like to use layering in my work, it offers me the opportunity to create simultaneous juxtapositions. Strata is created by layering an image from an ornate archway inside the Vatican Museum in Rome with an image of columns from Pompeii. The ornate present with the ruins of the past.

This piece was in my Impressions of Italy show ans is currently on exhibit in Michele Waalkes ARTS, which is located on the main floor of 2nd April galerie and Studios at 324 Cleveland Ave. NW, Canton, OH 44702. Hours are Tuesday- Saturday 10am - 6pm.

Size: (h x w) 16" x 20"
Media: Original digital print on stretched canvas
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Inside Out

Inside Out is a result of overlapping images of an interior tunnel going under a large amphitheater and the exterior steps of a small theater, both located in Pompeii. I liked the result of seeing both perspectives simultaneously.

This piece was in my Impressions of Italy show and is currently on exhibit in Michele Waalkes ARTS  located on the main floor of 2nd April galerie and Studios at 324 Cleveland Ave. NW, Canton, OH 44702. Hours are Tuesday- Saturday 10am - 6pm.

Size: (h x w) 20" x 16" framed
Media: original digital photography
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Great Wall of Summit Mural

The mural is finished and covered with an anti-graffiti sealant!

Thanks to all of the community members who came out and helped paint! It was a very rewarding project! Major thanks to Community Building Partnership, ArtsinStark, and CHASE bank for funding the mural.

Check out the review entitled "Vital Signs" from August 5, 2011 by Tom Wachunas.