I am a multimedia artist, as well as a Digital Artist and Graphic Designer. I have written poetry and had some published. I do macro photography of the many varieties of flowers that grow so well in Alaska.
I have designed my own lines of jewelry, and created advertising design. I designed clothing and have done interior design and flower arraigning. I have drawn house plans, done landscape design, watercolors, oil painting and photography. BIOMy formal art training consists of two years of art in high school! While in high school, I won 1st place in Industrial Arts in the state, for an original design in a hand-tooled leather handbag set. It also won an honorable mention in the Ford Motor Company, International contest.
In 1992 I had my own jewelry design and repair business, and developed severe Carpal Tunnel. My doctor said, "Do something else - you can't do jewelry work any more." I went back to college and had to learn the computer. I had never turned on a computer before. Needing an artistic outlet, I started playing with the "paint" program on the computer. I still have the 1st flower I drew. It was awful! That...is how I was introduced to the world of computer art.
I bought my 1st BRYCE (3D) in about 1999, and was immediately "hooked". I didn't have a clue what I was doing. I just installed it and started tinkering around - and around - and around. HOURS of tinkering. Frustrating hours, since I lived in Alaska, with no one to teach me. I wanted to throw the computer out the window, more than once! But I hung in there hour after hour, day after day. It scares me to think of how many hours I have put into learning BRYCE!
The primary programs I use are BRYCE 5, PAINTER 6, COREL PHOTOPAINT, & PLANT STUDIO. I use ADOBE PHOTOSHOP for some things. I create all my trees in the tree lab in BRYCE, and many of the plants, with PLANT STUDIO. The nozzles I make in PAINTER.
I sign my work as "BLUE ICE", because the name of my jewelry business was, Blue Ice Beads and people here knew me as "Blue Ice". I decided to keep the name since it relates to the Alaska I love, and the winter scenes I am so fond of creating. :-)
If it's art - it's my passion!
Comments (8)
kjer_99
Simple, but nicely done. Your colors are bold. I never seem able to screw up the courage to use such in my own pictures. Would probably improve some of them.
redbeard
Great colors and a nice composition! How you been? I was just thinking about you today for some reason, I guess I haven't visited your gallery in a long time and it's nice to see you're branching out!
sazzyazzca
I really love this! Simple, yet bold. love the colours!
argiebooze
Enjoying this revisit the same as the previous one, beautiful and dramatic at the same time. You are a master of moods, and this image is no exception. No wonder nuts Wolf Prince likes so much this aspect of your style!!.LOL. As for your friend's words, these are true indeed and no doubt we get old too soon!. However, while reflecting on today's world, I have some doubts. When young, we are not usually materially rich, but we are in ideals. Age produces some interesting mutations. We tend to lower our ideals and dreams flags, while we struggle to accumulate money and stuff, as if that granted us inmortality...and that's NOT smart, not to mention dangerous!!
sazzart
Excellent mood setter! Like the cityscape.
jocko500
love the mood and image
LFNForever
Exceptionally beautiful, especially love the softer pastel coloring to this, excellently done!! :)
zoren
wonderful mood in these colors......