Carol Muse Skinner

Profile

I studied Art and Theater at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida and attended the Sutton and Cheam College of Art in Surrey, England. Private study included: Printmaking, Drawing and Painting. I was employed as a graphic designer for 15 years.

ABOUT MY ART:

I originally intended to use the computer as a convenient sketch pad and an easy way to try out variations prior to transferring the design to paper or fabric. I soon realized that the computer was a valid art medium in itself.

I have always been very experimental in my approach to my work. The computer, with its ability to undo and redo, enables me to try out countless approaches before I commit to anything permanent. Working on a computer gives me the ability to be more spontaneous than I was able to be with traditional media. It allows me to take chances, to try out different ideas, in short – to be more creative.

My prints are original digital images which can best be described as Digital Photo Painting or Digital Collage. In Digital Photo Painting, traditional photography and painting techniques are combined using image editing and digital painting software to add further expression to the image. In Digital Collage I combine two or more images from varying sources (photographs, or scans of drawings, paintings, fabric, found objects etc.) into one image. I use layering techniques in image editing and painting software.

These images are not scans of original work done in another medium, (such as: watercolors, oils, acrylics, etc.). The American Artist Magazine, April 1998 says: “An image that originates in the computer, but is printed in an edition of more than one print, becomes a multiple original print in the same family as etchings and serigraphs.”

A larger selection of my work can be seen at my pbase gallery