Medieval village in disguise...

This is one of the 4 images after transformation of the Dry point print, which was originally a Medieval village. It had been transformed on Photoshop and printed on fine art paper.

Unfortunately I haven't kept a record of the print. I repainted over it and this is the result. The aim of repainting in water colour over the computer print was to overcome the flatness of the image. The paper took the water colour very well and the printer ink did not dissolve.

This image gives a totally different feeling from that of the original and evokes a Spring garden party more than the rather mysterious aura of the old houses in the other pictures.

I enjoyed the repainting of the image. It was a totally new experience since I have never retouched a digital print. It was like creating my own painting and unifying the image with my own colours.

Friday's excursion

Friday's excursion was a lovely group experience and I am sure everyone thinks the same.

The weather was perfect.

The highlight of the day for me was our visit to Abbotsford Convent: lunch, gallery, warm welcome from the artist R Roman (I cannot spell her first name properly) and our exploration of the place itself. R's talk was both moving and inspiring.

The Convent had a kind of exotic quality. I thought at times that I was back in certain parts of France. The height and strength of the architecture were probably responsible for this.

It also reminded me of a place in Western Australia called New Norcia where a Convent was built by Spanish monks in 1836. New Norcia is situated 140kms north of Perth. It is still inhabited by Benedictine monks and worth visiting. The Spanish architecture there is classical and rather severe. There is also an Art Gallery with old paintings.

The feeling at Abotsford Convent was somewhat similar.

About collages

I enjoy the process of collage because it is ongoing and offers opportunity for discovery in the making of images.

Even though we have been so busy in other fields lately, I came back to my previous collages and added more to them. It was like a little recreation.

The background of the above image was dull. It had already been transformd from collograph to Photoshop. Even the semi gloss paper did not redeem it. So I added coloured tear out papers from different collages and created a kind of a new weird landscape with patches of yellow and pink and darker blacks.

I call it "Strange world"