The Queen’s Armada

I haven’t posted in two weeks because I have been in a workshop, “The Creative Digital Collage” at the Santa Fe Workshops, Santa Fe, New Mexico. My instructor was the wonderful Maggie Taylor whose work has been an inspiration to me and if I had just a pinch of her talent I would be a happy artist! Maggie’s work is in museums and galleries around the world. Her work was used for the opening title for the television show “Ghost Whisper” which you can see here.

The piece above is one I started in Maggie’s class and finished at home. I learned so much from this class and will be always be grateful for Maggie’s generosity with her time and her sharing of her creative process. It was such a great opportunity to learn from the master.

I used numerous elements to create this piece. Water is from a local water reservoir where I live, the background is part of dutch masterpiece from the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Open Access site, the queen’s body is from the National Gallery of Art Open Access site and the head is from a vintage photo, jackdaw from Frank and Cary on Deviant Art.

11 thoughts on “The Queen’s Armada”

Debra on July 23, 2017 at 11:19 am said:

Sweet!

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- Karen Johnson on July 23, 2017 at 5:21 pm said:
  
  Thank you Deb!
  
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Annette Wallach Cohen on July 23, 2017 at 11:28 am said:

How great to get the opportunity to work withMaggie Taylor-I’m sure your work will exhibit her inspirations. Do love seeing your images. Keep it up & have a great summer.

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- Karen Johnson on July 23, 2017 at 5:22 pm said:
  
  Thank you Annette!
  
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David on July 23, 2017 at 11:49 am said:

At first glance that was a tea cup in her hand 😂

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- Karen Johnson on July 23, 2017 at 5:22 pm said:
  
  Lol!
  
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Sue Quigley on July 24, 2017 at 9:22 pm said:

Hey Karen….Don’t sell yourself short, you have loads of talent!!! I’m not familiar with Maggie’s work, but it must have been an amazing trip being able to study in Santa Fe!!

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- Karen Johnson on July 24, 2017 at 9:25 pm said:
  
  Hi Sue! Thank you for the kind words! It was a fantastic trip and I am already plotting and planning my next two trips.
  
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  - Sue Quigley on July 26, 2017 at 8:24 pm said:
    
    Good for you!!! 🙂 The “plotting and planning” is the fun part!!
C.S. Young Jr. on July 25, 2017 at 5:04 pm said:

Outstanding conceptual composition!

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- Karen Johnson on July 25, 2017 at 5:55 pm said:
  
  Thank you C.S.!
  
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