My digital collages

My collages take hundreds of hours to create and consist of literally thousands of individually manipulated photographs  placed one at a time onto my digital canvas.  But before I begin the collage, I remove the butterflies, dolphin, fish, or sea shells from their backgrounds so that all I have are the "building blocks" themselves. 

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After the photos are prepared, I begin the creative process, which, for me, is essentially "painting" with photos on a blank canvas in Photoshop.  But 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! 

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Some of my collages are available on canvas as large as 38"x50" and larger.  Orders for custom sizes are welcome.

The video demonstration will give you an idea of what I do to create one of my collages.