LINDA MEYER BROWNING
Art from my heart on Hatteras
(252) 995-3662
Digital collages: My collages take hundreds of hours to create and consist of literally thousands of individually manipulated photographs that I place one at a time into my digital canvas. Before I begin a collage, I remove the background from the photos so that all I have are the "building blocks" themselves (the butterflies, dolphin, fish, seashells, or hummingbirds).
After I prepare the photos, I begin the creative process, which, for me, is essentially "painting" with photos on a blank canvas in Photoshop, only, instead of applying paint with brush strokes, I alter each photo after I've inserted them into my composition. Alteration includes resizing, coloring, adjusting contrast and brightness, and rotating every element - sometimes as many as 8,000 to 10,000 of them! I do NOT use AI (just my own) to create these works.
Each collage is an original, not a reproduction of an original like my limited-edition reproductions of my paintings. That's because the collage exists only as a digital file on my computer until I print it.
COLLAGES ON ARCHIVAL PAPER (signed, titled, backed, and packaged in clear protective sleeves):
COLLAGES ON STRECTHED CANVAS. Mounted on lightweight wood stretcher bars, my collages are spayed with a thin coating of a protective sealer, then signed. A hanging wire is securely attached to the back. Gallery-wrapped sides that mirror the designs on the front make framing unnecessary. Please contact me to order.
Most collages on canvas are available in 18x24 ($299) and 16x16 ($199) with larger sizes by special order.