Safari Journey to Lake Turkana

Safari Journey to Lake Turkana

came together here in my studio in Asheville, North Carolina. A frequent combination-- my photos plus... more

by Zsanan Studio

Title

Safari Journey to Lake Turkana

Artist

Zsanan Studio

Medium

Mixed Media - Original Paintings, Digital And & Mixed Media

Description

Safari Journey to Lake Turkana

came together here in my studio in Asheville, North Carolina. A frequent combination-- my photos plus pastel/acrylic/watercolor work—my images finally "arrive" when I use my smartphone to capture the JPEG then added layers (probably more than 100 !) to create the digital rendering you see.

Materials Often Used: pen-and-ink for design, watercolor, canvas paper, sometimes gloss medium, lots and lots of digital layering of original materials - oil pastels, bits of acrylic paint etc.—captured by smartphone to create a JPEG, followed by digital-rendering and photo manipulation. THIS is a collage- a mixed media piece.


Meaning behind the digital collage - a story to tell: Promising Tales of Life on Planet Earth. This follows with my theme in narrative art with emotive content- ( some call an inner landscape)- that offers an opportunity for the viewer to interpret the story being told, and thus add to the story.

Whether as a digital abstractionist, working as well on canvas and with photography to produce mixed media images, my hope is to engage the viewer. My thought is that visual impressions, founded on simple or more complex designs, can build on an promising tale of life on planet Earth.

* JOURNEY TO LAKE TURKANA symbolizes a sense of joy of life, transitions, new perceptions that evoke positive change, the embracing of an inner - symbolic-mythic- visual landscape. This piece may have a particular appeal as the visual narrative reveals that even disparate parts CAN work together.
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PHILANTHROPIC CAUSES -THANK YOU!!!
A portion of the proceeds from purchases support
PET RESCUE –especially our local https://www.mountainpetrescueavl.org/-
and CANCER RESEARCH.





HOW MY IMAGES COME TOGETHER::

Generally, you will find any number of hidden characters in my art work.

All of my fusion art and contemporary abstract images –whether impressionist or expressionist- feature many, many, many layers blended for "pasted effects" to reveal - through pattern, texture, and light- a visual narrative about life on our blue planet that welcome your interpretation.


ARTIST’S NOTE:: “These images may lead you to imaginative, emotive spaces where north and south meet east and west. A mindful philosophy and the use of technology can intersect and connect at a center to become vehicles for narratives about life on our blue planet. As we, each of us, and as a collection of living creatures face the fraught process of selection every day, may we find what is positive and possible.” ~ Zsanan

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October 8th, 2021