Collage Obsession: Renaissance Woman

Kaylene at Collage Obsession has chosen a fascinating theme for us this week: "Renaissance Woman." I chose to do a little research and created a digital collage featuring three self-portraits by the Renaissance artist Sofonisba Anguissola (c. 1532 –1625), an Italian Renaissance painter born in Cremona.  According to Wikipedia, "she received a well-rounded education that included the fine arts and her apprenticeship with local painters set a precedent for women to be accepted as students of art."

The youthful, wide-eyed self-portrait of Anguissola shown on the lower left of my digital collage was painted in 1554.  The image above that (depicting her in the act of creating art) was painted in 1556. The image of her as an older woman (lower right) was painted in 1610.

Take a Word: Childhood

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Image credits: dover designs, stampington, graphicsfairy.

Sunday Postcard Art: Dance

Image credits: dover designs.

Soartful: A Single Flower

Our very talented new Design Team member, Sheila (also known as Orange Osmeralda) has posted her first Soartful challenge today, for the month of September. Welcome, Sheila! The theme of "a single flower" is to be interpreted in a minimalist style. Here's my digital collage, using a sunflower image adapted from joessistah, and several different Photoshop Elements effects. 

Three Muses: Eyes

"The Watchful Eye"

Image credits: last door down the hall, heroarts, plaisanter.

Collage Obsession: Friends

The challenge at Collage Obsession this week has a friendship theme. Friendship quotes were provided for inspiration. I based my digital collage on one of the quotes, as shown below.  Image credits: Holliewood, Lisa's Altered Art, Tumblefish Studio.

I am dedicating this collage to all of my online art challenge friends, who accompany me each week on such fun, creative rides!

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Take a Word: Autumn

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Image credits: fruit label- artfreebies; painted paper leaves and background created by me.