These digital collages (photomontages) were created on the computer using layers of photographs, Photoshop, and a tablet for drawing. Incommunicado, Blind Love, and Genetic Translation were featured in a juried international competition at the Chianciano Museum in Italy in 2010, and Solace was selected for an international exhibition at the Gagliardi Gallery in the UK in 2011.
Water
Incommunicado (with border)
Blind Love (with border)
Genetic Translation
The Metal of your Voice
Much of my work explores themes of transience and life changes from a female perspective. Loss has played a significant role in my life, including death, divorce, and interrupted goals and dreams. The child in these images is my son. When he was four years old I did a series of mother and child photographs to use as reference for a life-size charcoal drawing.
Michelle LaRiviere 