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Been offline for a while...
a LONG while...
haven't had anything to add up here just yet...

BUT...

I have recently made friends with a local photographer/studio. So I may be inspired and have some incredible shots for ya'll to see soon!
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Symbolist Art

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I've stummbled across the term "symbolist art" several times.  It only dawns on me now that all my favorite periods of art are symbolist art.  It's cazy!

So here are some links to check out:

TALISMAN FINE ART & Talisman Symbolist Studies
www.talisman-fine-art.com/

Fin de Siècle (symbolistart.net)
www.symbolistart.net/

Wikipedia definition:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolis…

INTERNATIONAL JURIED
ONLINE SYMBOLIST ART SHOW:
www.dracoblu.com/symbolistshow…

also should check out "neosymbolist art."
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Syrenichol www.syrenichol.com came into being in 1997 when my interests in art became strictly computer based.  Web design experimentation, development, and understanding was underway for me as an individual and for the entire world wide web.  I became entangled in surfing endlessly, gazing and drooling over the colorful and artsy pages... while taunting and gawking at the many badly coded and designed sites (which at the time included my horrible first attempts).  

The web was more about collaging then.  No one cared about placement.  Hardly any of us were trained in design concepts or were naturally talented in such areas.  Yet somehow, since the mid-90s everyone's ability to design for the web has increased significantly.  I almost never cross a page that has images on top of text on top of images.  Then again, it may have to do with my withdrawl from such surfing and the ways in which search engines have grown.

And yet it hadn't dawned on me, through all of this obvious development, that everyone takes from everyone.  ART IS COLLAGE.  It's a collage of perspectives and artists' techniques from past to present. No one person has come up with a totally unique concept.  Even in our primative evolutionary stages we interpreted and perceived and created from that which already existed.

So it seems, except for the big bang concept, something must exist in order for things to be created.  

So why is it that I feel so guilty when I look at someone's art work and consider recreating it or the style?  There's all these copywrite laws afterall, but unless it's an exact duplication, there's no harm in being inspired by someone else's creation.  

In college/school I had struggled to find my own style, to be apart from everyone else.  I didn't want to enrage my peers by jumping on their style.  I was so blind to the notion that using a technique or style can be a positive inspiration or a means to success.  Meanwhile I watched TV and noted all the similarities.  The art that defines this time period, this generation, and contemporary pop culture.  That style I've fallen for which collages contrasting illustrations with leafy decorations and colorful paints (splashes, sprayed, and watercolors).

And now I'm kicking myself in the head for not jumping on the boat.  Who's going to stop me?  How else should I improve upon my own works of art, if I don't even attempt to explore the contemporary styles/techniques with those I've already learned?  I suppose I could try to surpass it and find my own techniques, but that might not pay the bills as easily. Besides... I'm sick of my dull colored portfolio.
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I prefer to be credited, but it's not necessary unless you're using the image in it's original state.

Otherwise, for the most part the I take stock photos with the intention of photo-manipulations and collages.  Please use them! :}

If there's a work that's not listed as stock and you would like to use it, please ask me at: design@nicolegraf.com (I'm likely to give you permission for use!)
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what is my art?

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In Art History or just studying famous works of art we learn that an artist has a style.  But how do we find our own?  Are we to establish a style unique from others or do does it just kinda happen?  

I've been contemplating what my style is.  It's based on what i like and what intrigues me most... and what I can do that won't frustrate my skills.

Looking at my gallery (as anyone can do with theirs) I can start to notice a few elements that are consistent throughout all mediums used.  The most striking of which is the color tones.  I LOVE darker, earthier tones... even when paled they remain a earthy quality.  Some seen are royal purple in the Ceiling/Sky poster, that aqua-sage green in the Music program cover, and the blue in Nouveau Moon.  Perhaps I'm not describing it correctly... it's not all earthy.. but they are definitely RICH colors... deep even.

I also love to work with organic subjects, particularly nature in it's original form.  The only thing currently displayed in my gallery that lacks this is teaism to a degree... there is a picture of the contents (chamomile) on the unseen side of the container... however, it's design was kept simple to allow for the content to speak for itself.  So it's concept was organic.

I also have a love for basic geometic shapes... the large triangles in Ceiling/Sky and the curves in Music program cover... even the striaght forward centered straight designs of The Greens poster and teaism.

So I suppose I'm a sort of artist who's into photography and print design with a deep love for organic subjects using rich & simple colors.

This may change... but this is as I can describe myself as an artist now.
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