Sale on canvas prints! Use code ABCXYZ at checkout for a special discount!
The watermark at the lower right corner of the image will not appear on the final product.
by Emily McLaughlin
$32.00
Color
Image Size
Product Details
Our ringer t-shirts are made from 100% pre-shrunk cotton and are available in five different sizes. All ringer t-shirts are machine washable.
Design Details
The central Tree is alive with knowledge and images, growing out of a hillside with a smaller, bare tree at the far top of the hill. The wavy dunes... more
Ships Within
1 - 2 business days
The central Tree is alive with knowledge and images, growing out of a hillside with a smaller, bare tree at the far top of the hill. The wavy dunes of the desert hilltop merge into computer circuits, then into damaged books, bones, and tunnels full of inhabitants; all are the Tree's roots. Two different kinds of pre-contemporary cameras are ready on either side. The Tree grows up through the sky to the heavens. Microbes, bats, and leaves fly from its leaves, where crowds live and worship. The Tree is particularly special to me- it is the first work I made in this process and type of media.
Animating my art are two desires: to illustrate myth- images that suggest dreams and stories from the collective stream of consciousness, and to keep an ambiguous familiarity with mortality, that mystifying and often terrifying essence of ourselves, where celebrating life and embracing the equal reality of death entwine. The mix of collage and oil paint is a way for me to assemble an idea out of disparate parts, partly expressed through its process. Collage is a process of collision and re-creation. I appreciate rough, cut edges, the feel of different papers, the build-up of oil paint strokes and ridges. Photos in our media and daily life are an integral part of how we communicate information, ideas, and emotions. Incorporated into...
$32.00
David King Johnson
What a beautifully intricate montage, I really enjoy your work-Dave
Emily McLaughlin replied:
Thank you so much, Dave.
Pamela Schiermeyer
Wow, this piece is so complex and absolutly wonderful. Your style is unique and refreshing.
Emily McLaughlin replied:
Thank you for the thoughtful post, Pamela, I appreciate it!