CREATED PORTRAITS

(Mixed Media)

Want to see yourself in a world found only in fantasy and dreams, such as being in a photo shoot with the President of the United States? I create one of a kind compositions using free hand drawing and photographs embellished in Photoshop. Imagine a portrait of you or a loved one in a setting akin to the movie Avatar, where fantasy and reality join together. Such a portrait offers a unique gift to a loved one or to oneself. The inset in some examples shows the original photo used to create the final image.

My gratitude to my friends who were kind enough to let me use their photographs: Irine Roane, Carol Blue, Maile Sakumoto, Tesa Madrid, and Atto Madrid.

Created using photo of subject, a vintage photograph of Las Cruces, NM, and free hand drawing to finish the image.

Composition consists of photo of subject's face, an unidentified nude, and various photographs of fish, owl, coral, and tree.

A photo of the subject's face overlaid with the torso of a leopard resting on a tree branch and the moon, photos of fish and jellyfish create a unique fantasy image.

In a faeryland garden

Earth Mother

Jellyfish Princess

Zapper of Evil