Darlene Foster-Artist: The Last Waltz SOLD!

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

The Last Waltz SOLD!

"The Last Waltz" has found a new home with a lovely lady with an interesting connection. She happened to see it in the recent newspaper article about my show at the Pearl Street Gallery and was immediately drawn to it. Seems her name is Lisa Kirby (the brand name on the piano in the piece is "Kirby"), she is currently studying the piano, and she lives in the immediate area where I shot the original photo! Seems some things are just meant to be! Thank you, Lisa!

"The Last Waltz" in it's new home!

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DarleneSeptember 13, 2013 at 8:18 PM
Thank you for such a nice compliment!
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Artist Statement

The current direction of my work is primarily photography montage (the technique of producing a new composite whole from fragments of photographs). I've always been a collector at heart, so my photography naturally evolved from concentrating on a single composition in the camera as the end product, to capturing images of anything that intrigued me for later use in a montage. Antique and vintage objects that have had previous lives are elements I collect that eventually find their way into my work. It's difficult to predict what will be a starting point for a new piece; a landscape with an unusual tree, a mysterious abandoned building, or the haunting eyes peering from a vintage portrait. Once I have a starting point, I begin to bring components together piece by piece digitally in Photoshop until I'm satisfied with the composition. From there, I experiment with multiple filters, tones, colors and textures until the final piece is as close as possible to the original idea in my mind's eye.

"The true locus of creativity is not the genetic process prior to the work but the work itself as it lives in the experience of the beholder." - Monroe Beardsley, philosopher of art