I am drawn to the new colors and patterns formed when I overlay a tiny sample of color from my photos of colored glass. I copy a tiny section of pixels and bring it into a new file and stretch them out to create forms, and then overlay them, designing fantasy landscapes, or abstract compositions. I call these works GLASSCAPES, since the when I stretch the pixels into new shapes, they react the same as blowing glass with its translucency, giving these works their crystalline appearance. Recently I have been experimenting with texture, working it in with layers of scanned-in scumbled patterns, which contrast the translucent forms. The GLASSCAPES are output as gliclee prints on heavy, archival paper or aluminum, sized 16 x 20 and up. Some are face-mounted for a truly glass-like appearance and they can be printed out at any size. Once they are printed, I sometimes work into them again with oil or acrylic paint.
My goal is to continue my exploration of digital art, using the unique editing and creative potential of the computer. Since I am a web/graphic designer, I am constantly playing with Photoshop and Illustrator and am fascinated with the unlimited possibilities that these programs bring to my art. My most significant accomplishment to date is discovering my technique, totally unique and original, that I use to create GLASSCAPES and I intent to continue to explore it.
I have always created art, starting with lessons at the The Toledo Museum of Art, every Saturday from age 8 – 17 and have been an art educator a clothing designer, and a graphic/web designer, always involved in the creative process.
- Jenny Chava Hudson
