STATEMENT
By Wendy Seller
My practice explores the fusion of traditional painting techniques and digital image-building. The simultaneous embrace of these polar-opposite artmaking approaches enables me to create intangible hybridized worlds populated by magical figures and surreal landscapes.
Incorporating diverse imagery—from photos taken on my morning walks to Renaissance masterpieces—I follow my heart as I burrow through my expansive collection of image fragments, searching for a spark that stops me in my tracks. This serves as a seed that explodes in multiple directions and begins an unpredictable journey into the deepest crevices in my brain.
The tools I use daily in my studio include an iPhone camera, computer, scanner, color printer and gouache paint. The digital software affords tremendous flexibility in layering, and I contrast these qualities with the quieter, more nuanced layering techniques that have been used by painters for centuries.