Floating Islands : Photomanipulation and Digital Collage

This is a Digital Collage from my ‘Floating Islands’ series – incorporating old black and white engravings of fish which I digitally painted, original stamps made in Photoshop, and digitally manipulated photographs of beautiful beach scenes which I took during my travels in Puerto Rico.

This series was inspired by my wife (a Puerto Rican visual artist and writer who is concerned with the concept of “Floating Communities, Islands, and Migration”).

It is also dedicated to those who are looking for an imaginary place or community of peace and harmony to call home.

This work and others from the series are available for sale at my art store here.

Digital Collage Art Inspiration: Birds in Fall

"Birds in Fall" is my latest digital collage art & creative photography series inspired by photographs I took in my neighborhood and travels in upstate New York along the Hudson River.

I hope it captures a love for nature, peace, and freedom!

Please see below photographs of before and after showing my sources of inspiration.

With a digital camera & a few collage elements manipulated in Photoshop, one can make some pretty neat images!

To see more examples from the series please visit my Etsy shop here.

Yoga Asana Series

My latest digital artwork is a series of Yoga Asana or (Yoga Postures) now available from my Etsy store as Limited Edition ACEO Prints, Bookmarks, and Wearable Art Pendants. 

Inspiration:

I've always admired dance, sports, acrobats, and the human body in various postures and states - not only because of the endless possibilities that it allows to play with form, but also because the figure is so able to translate energy and inner states of being. So naturally, while watching my wife practice her daily Yoga routine I took some pictures with my digital camera and thought how best i could capture this beautiful and dynamic form of exercise.

About: 

I hope each Yoga Asana piece can serve as a good luck charm for a more wholesome and integrated life. 

The circular designs are based on the idea of the Mandala. Mandala in 'Sanskrit' can be translated as "completion" and represents wholeness and how we are connected to the environment that surrounds us. In addition, the circles inside some of the figures suggest energy centers or "chakras" that run along the spine. I also used symbolic color harmonies to match the title of each piece.

To see the complete Yoga Asana series please visit my online studio at: DanielMontoyaStudio.com