Digital abstract

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Here's a little something that I've been working on slowly -- say -- for more than 10 years. I took some Holga pictures of these trimmed rose bushes in the snow back when we used to live in Parma. A Holga is a plastic camera with a plastic lens that used medium-format film. It's flaws were what make it interesting.

Anyway, I've finally scanned them and have created this digital image in Photoshop. I envisioned this as a small series, maybe three to five composite images. Is this interesting? Should I finish the series? Thanks!

Inspiration is all around

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I found this image this morning in the CD materials for the Ray La Montagne album Gossip In The Grain. Track nine, A Falling Through is melancholy steel guitar at it's best.

This makes me think of painting layers of a sandable paint -- maybe gouche -- on a small board and then sanding them back to reveal the base glow underneath. I think it's worth a try anyway.