Digital Art
-
October Fine Art America Contest Wins and My First Solo Show!
I had two third place contest wins at Fine Art America in October! “To Touch the Moon” won third place in the contest “Enchanted.” “Muse” won again (!), this time a third place win in “Best Digital Art on FAA.” But the best news is that both of these images will be part of my first…
-
Nighttime Playground
I’ve been a little behind in posting the images from the iPhone Eternal Childhood series to the blog. Here’s one I did a couple months ago: “Nighttime Playground.” Each night, the Moon kisses secretly the lover who counts the stars. ~~Rumi
-
Caught
This piece originally began with what I thought would be a series (and it may still be). I was working on two different pieces dealing with our relationship as humans with the “natural world.” I was unhappy with where I had gotten with both of them and on a whim I decided to try them…
-
Eternal Childhood: The things we carry
“The things we carry” is another piece in the Eternal Childhood series, which explores the magic not just of childhood, but of being human itself. A magic we could experience if we could but glimpse ourselves and the world differently for even one moment.
-
Eternal Childhood: Phases
A recent iPhone creation, using one of the photos I took last Sunday at Jones Bridge Park in Norcross, Georgia. It’s a part of a new series, Eternal Childhood, which explores the magic of childhood–a magic than can exist in every moment, even for adults. “Resolve to be always beginning—to be a beginner!” –Rainer Maria…
-
Sunday Play: Digital Collage
Brain fog. The consequence of sitting for far too long at one Starbucks table reading about Lacan, Winnicott, and sadomasochism on a computer screen. My escape from brain fog: photographing the fountain nearby, in the rain, and playing with the images for the rest of the afternoon. Violà! Six digital collages. The collages started as…
-
Thru the Net iii
Another installment in the “Thru the Net” series, which plays with Heidegger’s understanding of Dasein or Being-in-the-world. thru the net iii
-
“The Power of Labeling” exhibition
There are exciting and innovative things going on in the art world right now. The Incluseum is one of them. It’s a Seattle-based project that seeks social inclusion in museums. Part of that mission is to rethink how institutional cultural spaces operate in general. Recently they decided to play with a traditional museum function: the…
Melissa D. Johnston Art 