Gallery 3
Shaped Floral Canvas Works
These are 18"x18" squares with scanned images printed on canvas in 2 layers with the 2nd layer extended outside the 18" square.
CLICK HERE to see a video on how these works are constructed.

Large Shaped Floral Canvas Works
These are approximately 45"x45" with scanned images printed on canvas in 2 layers with the 2nd layer
glued on top  and extended outside at various locations.

Shaped Abstracts and Pixel Works
Works created digitally in Photoshop, printed on canvas,
glued onto foam core board, and the layers glued on each other.
Size varies from 24"x24" to 40"x40" in size.

Creative Process.

The floral and plant objects I include in my works are initially scanned on a large bed (11x17) flatbed scanner in order to get finer detail and to get a special quality of lighting. I usually scan at higher resolutions to get a 50 to100 Mb image, anticipating making large format Giclee prints. I rarely use digital camera images. Then after several scans I montage the objects using Adobe Photoshop.

The construction of the shaped pieces start with the printing out of geometric shaped backgrounds derived from scans of various textures or from digital still images collaged in Photoshop. This is stretched on a 1 1/2" deep wood frame just like a painting. On this is glued other layers of canvas cut outs of flowers some of which extend beyond the frame edge. Wood blocks 1 1/2" deep are attached to support these canvas edge extensions which are then glued down to the wood. After that the visible sides of the wood blocks are painted with acrylic to match the colors and textures of the printed flowers which extend outside the sides of the piece.

Withe the shaped abstract works Initially the image is created in Photoshop and has 3 to 5 layers. Then printing on canvas occurs. It starts with a bottom canvas layer which is then stretched on 36"x36" heavy duty stretcher bars (1.5" deep). In some cases the canvas is backed by 1/4" black foam core board so that some areas can be cut out. Then several more layers are printed onto canvas and glued onto black foam core board, and then the shapes are cut out with a sharp knife. When 2 to 3 layers are completed these are glued onto each other to create to final physically layered work