Reaching for Stars Photomontage Acrylic Print

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Driving across country a few years ago, an old building caught my eye, especially where a leafless vine still clung to one wall. Two reinforcement bars apparently ran through the building, each with a heavy metal star anchor plate on the end. I liked the way the vine seemed to be leaning and growing and moving toward the stars, as though reaching out. And that formed the base of this piece. I then began adding other elements and colors to come up with this, something rather different for me. I like the unusual color palette, the feeling of movement, and the seemingly dead vine.

I'm a photographer, writer, educator based on Whidbey Island in the Pacific Northwest, specializing in photomontage work, combining photos I've taken of rust, walls, peeling paint, birds, postage stamps, trees, etc. into images that are completely new, different, and often weird. I also create physical collages, then find myself photographing parts of them to include in my photomontages. It's crazy, but it's fun! My career has encompassed writing guidebooks (primarily about where to photograph in California), newsletters (guides for photographers about where to photograph in the United States), leading photo workshops, and conducting online classes. I am at Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/visualeigh/ On Facebook here:...