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 (13)
Mikan
looks pretty nice - and, by the way - we've never discovered everything! what taste would have our life if we would discover all? :) have a lovele weekend! superb design!
smitts
What awesome texture and feel! The wild colors are way cool! The depth of this delicate piece is magnificent!
Christopher_Lee
Such an enjoyable work with an extraordinary palette of colour. Cheers.
Richardphotos
I love the transparent colors and some of the pastels look almost like a crystaline structure. excellent collage of the different mediums
kimpe
What a lovely image! Very well done.
The_Captain
A lovely reef it be, lass! So very beautiful and cheerful!
argiebooze
Lovely work in concept and execution Anita!!. There's much more detail than first meets the eye. A real work of discovery, telling us that boundaries are only the ones we create.
maud
So pretty! a delicate piece of art..textures and colors are superb Great one Anita! I am in photography!
D.C.Monteny
This is so tender and delicate. Love the soft colouring and the total design. Realy excellent work!!
hanashonen
Cool color! I wish to swim here! ^_^
kansas
A lovely and delicate image. Beautiful coloring.
avalonfaayre
A beautiful explosion of color and form!!
WahlCat
Truly inspiring in form as well as texture and richness