honorable mention
Dorian Melton canada
title
Street Art
In the past year or two, my creative direction has experienced a major shift and as an artist, I have consciously chosen not to seek answers at the cost of long and arduous journeys, but to open myself to the quiet potential of that which lies waiting patiently beneath my feet. My main medium now is digital image capture followed by treatment in Photoshop.
This particular series records the marks found in a local parking lot where I buy my pet supplies. The white painted parking lines go where Man decides they belong, while the cracks in the pavement go where Nature puts them.
In the past year or two, my creative direction has experienced a major shift and as an artist, I have consciously chosen not to seek answers at the cost of long and arduous journeys, but to open myself to the quiet potential of that which lies waiting patiently beneath my feet. My main medium now is digital image capture followed by minor treatments in Photoshop.
My most recent work begins with the capture of a digital image of a section of natural texture on stone and rock surfaces on Southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. The image then has it’s colour and contrast adjusted for dramatic effect, but the original textured surface remains. A simple mirror effect follows, and the patterns that arise from this are explored to discover expressive possibilities.
The resulting image often seems to depart from it’s original source in the outer World and begin acting as a portal to the viewer’s inner World, inviting a wide range of exotic themes from the sacred to the profane from the viewer’s mind (due, in part, to a phenomenon known as pareidolia).
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entry description
As a graphic artist, illustrator and fine artist, I have worked in a fairly traditional fashion for the greater part of my life. Until recently, my approach to art-making has been quite conventional, beginning with observation, followed by drawing or painting using traditional media; pencil, ink, paints, etc.In the past year or two, my creative direction has experienced a major shift and as an artist, I have consciously chosen not to seek answers at the cost of long and arduous journeys, but to open myself to the quiet potential of that which lies waiting patiently beneath my feet. My main medium now is digital image capture followed by treatment in Photoshop.
This particular series records the marks found in a local parking lot where I buy my pet supplies. The white painted parking lines go where Man decides they belong, while the cracks in the pavement go where Nature puts them.
about the photographer
As a graphic artist, illustrator and fine artist, I have worked in a fairly traditional fashion for most of my life. Until recently, my approach to art-making has been quite conventional, beginning with observation, followed by drawing or painting using traditional media; pencil, ink, paints, etc.In the past year or two, my creative direction has experienced a major shift and as an artist, I have consciously chosen not to seek answers at the cost of long and arduous journeys, but to open myself to the quiet potential of that which lies waiting patiently beneath my feet. My main medium now is digital image capture followed by minor treatments in Photoshop.
My most recent work begins with the capture of a digital image of a section of natural texture on stone and rock surfaces on Southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. The image then has it’s colour and contrast adjusted for dramatic effect, but the original textured surface remains. A simple mirror effect follows, and the patterns that arise from this are explored to discover expressive possibilities.
The resulting image often seems to depart from it’s original source in the outer World and begin acting as a portal to the viewer’s inner World, inviting a wide range of exotic themes from the sacred to the profane from the viewer’s mind (due, in part, to a phenomenon known as pareidolia).
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