My photomontage is a tribute to one of my favorite artists, Rene Magritte. Magritte was a Surrealist painter who was known for his use of green apples and men in bowler hats in his many artworks. His paintings often placed objects in odd places including the sky and clouds, and repeated objects over and over again. Every aspect of my photomontage is taken from Magritte’s paintings.
I started with the blue sky and clouds for my background, and adjusted the brightness/contrast. Then I placed the outline of the dove on top and masked it, so I could cover the outside of the dove with rain clouds. I used a green apple in three different sizes and variations of brightness/contrast, and saturation for the rain in several layers that were merged down. Finally, I chose the text from one of Magritte’s paintings of a pipe titled, “Ceci n’est pas une pipe.” translated as “This is not a pipe.” and changed it to “Ceci n’est pas une Magritte.” or “This is not a Magritte.”
Very nice. I think it should be bigger but its clever, fresh and inventive.
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I really like this piece. I like how simple and clean it is. I like your use of overlays to create your dove shape. It gives the dove a real sense of brightness and hope. I also like your multiple layers of the green apples. The different sizes and brightnesses really add depth to the image. I think my favorite part of the image is your pun “This is not a Margritte” very clever.
ReplyDeleteI saw this when you first posted this. I've been super busy but I want you to know that I absolutely love this! It is so easy on the eyes. You managed to add several objects without it feeling cluttered. Very cool!
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