Asheville Pastels at the Pond

ASHEVILLE -- PASTELS AT THE POND
... as clouds go flying by...


I am here in my studio in Asheville, North Carolina--inspired by Billy... more

by Zsanan Studio

Title

Asheville Pastels at the Pond

Artist

Zsanan Studio

Medium

Mixed Media - Original Paintings And Digital Mixed Media

Description

ASHEVILLE -- PASTELS AT THE POND
"... as clouds go flying by..."


I am here in my studio in Asheville, North Carolina--inspired by Billy Collins' verse-- "as clouds go flying by"-- where the sentinel peaks of The Blue Ridge Mountains overlook the confluence​ of the French Broad river (racing north) and the Swannanoa (flowing west) -- feeling inspired.

The clouds surround the studio this early morning. The temperate rainforest is speaking--calling me to walk the trails, travel the mountain coves, ​ ​follow those rivers to creeks and waterfalls and stretch up to ​where the ​tall hemlocks live--and share the images nature provides.

This is about simply loving where you ARE.... ...


Here, from one of my canvases (acrylic) -- I borrow bits --then add more from a photo I took of ​one Asheville scene. I converted this all on canvas​ (accentuated with ink​) to create a mixed media collage.​

Another photo of that collage ​ then came ​to Photoshop for digital manipulations (100s of layers) and rendering.

Here is lyrical abstraction-- a fusion-collage-- simultaneously sparse and ( I hope) exciting. It is​ my effort to visually narrate the point where logic meets emotion. In that place, change with compassion ​can happen.


THEME:: Landscapes

Landscapes (inner and outer) offer the opportunity to bring together slices of my original art in a collage, digitally-rendered. Blended elements, both abstract and organic, become a “fusion” lyrically abstracted and ripe for story telling.

In this case, the narrative is about facing challenges-- a visual metaphor for life as we know it. It symbolizes engagement and possible joie de vivre.

MEDIA:: Again, this is an example of my process: Sketch for composition to canvas and/or paper, sometimes, oil pastels, sometimes acrylic paint. The result then captured as a photo and brought to create a JPEG. Finally, digital layering of the original materials.


Objective:: Narrative art with emotive content- that offers an opportunity for the viewer to interpret the story being told, and thus add to the story. (Some are inner landscapes.) 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.

Symbolism :: Ever a sense of joy of life, transitions, new perceptions that evoke positive change, the embracing of an inner - symbolic-mythic- visual landscape that can reveal how disparate parts work together when visual impressions, founded on simple or more complex designs, build on a promising tale of life on Earth.

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April 27th, 2023