7/28/2023 0 Comments Artmatic designerAs you might have guessed, the subject is the bird of paradise flower. I’m going to use as an example the piece Bird O Paradise. Saturday, JCategories Art Shows, Creating Artwork, Demonstrations, Flowers, Gallery, Inspiration, Kaleidoscope Art Tags Arboretum, Arcadia, kaleidoscope, Kaleidoscope Art, Karen Hochman Brown, Live Art, Monrovia, nature, Pasadena, photography Leave a commentīird Paradise base image Artmatic graphic synthesizerĮvery one of my kaleidoscopic artworks starts with a photograph. Admission or membership are required to tour the grounds, however it is not required to visit the Library.ģ01 North Baldwin Avenue To get to the Gallery at The Los Angeles County Arboretum, go to the main entrance and the Library is immediately to the left, through the double doors. I will continue with my process until I (hopefully) finish an artwork. I will select an image to work with and then make several layers of the image, reflected in many ways. I’m happy to announce that I will be demonstrating my creation process on four separate occasions, onsite at the gallery. I’m taking my camera and computer and will create a new piece, from start to finish over a five hour period. In each session, I will begin by taking photographs around the Arboretum grounds. The show, Reflections In The Garden runs through the end of June, and is housed in the Arboretum’s newly renovated Library. My kaleidoscopic artworks are still on display at the Gallery at The Los Angeles County Arboretum. The gallery show continues through June 30, 2016.Ĭategories Art Shows, Creating Artwork, Demonstrations, Gallery, Inspiration, Kaleidoscope Art, Uncategorized Tags Arboretum, ArtistInResidence, creative, digital artist, gallery show, kaleidoscope, Kaleidoscope Art, Karen Hochman Brown, LAArboretum, peacock Leave a comment Next Artitist-In-Residence event:Īpril 16, from 11:00 am – 4:30 pm. I did it! I was able to finish the piece in five hours. I wasn’t sure I could do it considering the time constraints. The layers are cut apart, stacked and shaded until I decide the piece is done. This is the first time that I have created an entire artwork outside of my studio at home. In a normal session, I will render out at least a dozen layers to select from. Click on the image of Pumped-Up Peacock for an enlarged version to see the layers and base images that were used to make the artwork.įor the remainder of the work I use Photoshop. It gives me some very powerful tools to change the shape of the mirrors. The program I use for this is ArtMatic Designer. Once I decided on the image, I began creating layers of kaleidoscopic reflections. Many peacocks live at the Arboretum in Arcadia, CA, and in fact, peacocks are the official “city bird.” But I honed in on a peacock strutting his stuff. I found some lovely bird of paradise and some gorgeous cacti. The next step was to take photographs to use for base images. This enables me to mirror my screen and be able to talk face-to-face with people they can see what I am doing without standing behind me. I am using a MacBook Pro with an external monitor. I started at 11:00 in the morning by setting up my computer station. Last Saturday, I had the pleasure of sharing my art-making process at The Gallery at the Arboretum Library, (Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanical Garden). Karen Hochman Brown (r), Artist-In-Residence Arboretum
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