| | | | | | | | | Constance Ruth Charnell |  |
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I am a creative and spiritual hunter- gatherer. As I hunt for and gather ideas, images and inspiration, I feel I am collaborating with the Devine. My digital camera has become an essential tool in this fascinating process. Along with the possibilities offered by digital manipulation the creative choices become infinite. With these tools even the most mundane subject matter can become significant, and hopefully trigger a sense of mystery and wonder in the viewer.
For the past year I have been playing with the notion of documenting the creative process in my painting. I work with washes of acrylic paint on unstretched and unprimed canvas. This requires a willingness to give up control and experience the watery nature of the medium. Digital photography adds a new dimension to this process as I can easily photograph each step and the spontaneous blending of colors as I go along. I can then alter and change these photographs on my computer. Later I can blend and mix them with other photographs I have gathered on my travels, and archived on my computer.
The digital camera and the computer have become indispensable tools for both the creative hunting and gathering process and the means of storing, re-exploring and manipulating these ideas in the form of new images. This allows the possibility that my entire life's experience becomes my muses that can be manifested in a virtual infinity of possibilities.
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