Art Postcard Swap
Here is an image of the art postcard I am sending for a swap. I love the pre-Raphaelites and chose an image of a painting of Prosperine (Persephone) painted by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. I particularly love the myth of Persephone, Demeter, and Hades. The postcard was digitally mastered and altered using Adobe Photoshop Elements. Since Persephone is represented by symbols of Spring I chose to use a Lily for the background, the pomegranate, and the lily of the valley. The painting itself is also rich in symbolism (note the pomegranate in the painting). Because the pre-Raphaelites were inspired by works of Shakespeare, mythology, fairy tales, etc. I chose a sonnet called La Primavera that went along with Vivaldi's The Four Seasons (Concerto No. 1 in E major, Allegro) and one of my favorite pieces of music.
Friday, January 25, 2008
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Labels: Collage
digital collage,
persephone
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- adirondack
- altered art
- Artist trading cards
- ATC Workshop
- baby wipes
- background
- Beading
- beads
- beethoven
- bernie berlin
- bleeding hearts
- Boehm Gallery
- Bookbinding
- Camera Shy
- canvas
- canvas boards
- carnevale
- charcoal
- collage
- commedia dell'arte
- costume
- Coulacos
- Creation of Adam
- crystals
- cynthia powell
- Digital
- digital collage
- Dog
- drawing
- edgar degas
- emboss resist
- ephemera
- exhibition piece
- fabric
- face
- felting
- gel medium
- gesso
- glazes
- Golden paints
- golden retriever
- graphite
- harlequin
- jewelry beyond time
- Karen O'Brien
- knitted vessel
- laura mccabe
- Michelangelo
- mixed media
- mixed media jewelry
- Mixed-Media Self Portaits
- molding paste
- multi-point perspective
- needle felting
- needlework
- painting
- pastels
- paulette insall
- pearls
- peeled paint
- persephone
- pipe cleaner bracelet
- prima
- reinkers
- self-portrait
- sherre hulbert
- Sherrill Kahn
- shrink plastic
- stephanie chavez
- watercolor paper
- wire wrapping
- wool roving
- Zentangle
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