Coastal
Selected Images
This collection of images has deep roots in my love of the New England Seacoast, photography, and art. It comes from my collection of photos of the beach and wildlife. The process starts by finding images from my archive or shooting new ones. I combine them in Photoshop with other unrelated photos of shapes and colors. Sometimes these images come from nature, using flocks of birds taking flight. After compositing, many of these new images then find their way into digital art programs for further rendering.
As I work, my images are informed by my background as a painter, and I consider the works of my favorite artists: David Hockney, Henri Rousseau, Gustav Klimpt, and Edward Hopper, that employ strong compositions, often with large areas of flat color, balanced with pattern and smaller shapes.
Although trained and experienced as an art teacher, I have dovetailed that career with graphic design, eventually embracing digital technology, becoming a web designer in 1998, and later teaching digital painting at Endicott College in 2002. Years later, I still love technology and its creative possibilities for combining my photos and art. In the future.
These images are currently available in two sizes, printed on archival paper with a deckled edge, mounted on a white matt, and with a natural wood frame. Special orders on aluminum or canvas prints as well as alternate sizes are available upon request.
Jenny Pivor