Mega art galleries?
First it was the Big Macs, then the McMansions and now the mega galleries.
Like museums, some gallery spaces now boast auditoriums, screening rooms, roof gardens and bookstores. Shows at the dozen biggest galleries are often planned two years in advance and can take more than a month to install."
This Wall Street Journal article in its Arts & Entertainment section, Attack of the Giant Art Galleries, explains the surge of giant art galleries to fit enormous art works that take months to install and require more room for display.
The 3D printing revolution reaches the art museums
... and museums around the world are now using this technology to reproduce their priceless collections as 3D-printed objects which museum visitors can interact with like never before."
Very interesting article in the FineArt America blog talking about this new technology and the way some museums are starting to use it.
From Raw to PixelGraphs
All the elements are there. In this particular case nothing have been removed or added, with the exception of the signature. 🙂
It was just a question of changing, adjusting and playing with some controls - using some fantastic new tools in Photoshop . The operative word is "playing" because it's a lot of fun to watch the image develop all its potential and transform into what you imagined right before your eyes.
The raw image without any editing.
The final image after been enhanced using computer tools and techniques.
Pink Mums on display at The Bascom
Pink Mums - Celia Durand
Simply Flowers – Professional
Judges’ Comments:
This photograph is an example of a good use of digital manipulation, and resulted in a very interesting composition. Very well done.
Best in Show at The Bascom’s Mountain in Bloom Exhibit
I just got notice that my two entries into the Mountains in Bloom exhibit at The Bascom in North Carolina received awards.
2013 Best in Show: “Pink Mums” by Celia Durand
Come Rain or Come Shine – Professional - 2nd Place: “Brook Reflection” by Celia Durand
Pink Mums
Brook Reflection
From the Blue Ridge Art Center Exhibit Catalog
“In assigning the awards I chose to reward artists who not only possess formal excellence but also have the sensitivity to use it with elegance and purpose. The 3rd place award goes to Celia Durand whose piece titled ‘Creation Cathedral’ conveys a sense of luminosity through digital veils of color. Like stained glass, the image uses textures and shapes to organize and direct the ephemera."
Todd McDonald, Associate Professor of Painting at Clemson University.
Juror
22nd Annual Juried Exhibit at the Blue Ridge Art Center in Seneca, SC.
