Hokusai da Vinci
by Douglas Fromm
Title
Hokusai da Vinci
Artist
Douglas Fromm
Medium
Mixed Media - Collage On Paper
Description
A friend in Ontario sent me a set of greeting cards with reproductions of the iconic Japanese master Katsushika Hokusai, whose best known work is The Great Wave. He also did a classic series of woodblock prints called Thirty Six Views of Mount Fuji. I used this image from that series as a base for this collage, and added a cutout of Mona Lisa and two logos of our Earth from an advertisement for a travel agency. Thus this work includes images from three centuries, the 16th, 19th, and 21st.
I sent the completed work to my friend in Ontario.
Conspicuous Collage of the Week, FAA Collage Group April 28th 2022
Second Place, Collage Group Logo contest, May 2022
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April 7th, 2022
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Comments (16)
Bunny Clarke
I love this composition Douglas. Mona in Japan. Who'd have thought it? :o)
Douglas Fromm replied:
Thanks, as always, Bunny….I did not intentionally start out to have Mona visit Japan, I was just looking through my piles of images trying to find something to fit on the Hokusai card, and as soon as I came across Mona I knew that she was the one !
Donna Brown
Mona with tree antenna. Wandering what station she watching. Awesome Doug. Fav
Douglas Fromm replied:
It does look like antennas….thanks for an intriguing comment… perhaps she was watching a show about Art on the History Channel ?
Keddy Ann Outlaw
I am guilty of getting behind on the FAA announcements. This is a fun postcard! Mona looks happy to be in Japan. Cheers!
Douglas Fromm replied:
I always appreciate your interesting comments….it was Fun to play with a visual Time Machine and send Mona several centuries into the Future !
Rahdne Zola
Douglas, we can always count on you to create artwork that is equal parts imaginative and humorous. This centuries-spanning collage is wonderfully balanced and appealing. It's the CONSPICUOUS COLLAGE of the week and it takes 2nd place in the recent Collage group logo contest! Congratulations! Fav/tweet!
Douglas Fromm replied:
Thank you, Rahdne…I always appreciate your insightful comments ! The “wonderful “ balance was the third and last cutout that I attached. The lower globe image was glued over a fishing boat that I am certain that Hokusai had placed there to balance his composition. It annoyed me for some inexplicable reason so I made it disappear…
Ernesto Beckford
Lovely work Doug
Douglas Fromm replied:
I always appreciate your comments, Ernesto…and thanks alsofor sharing your prodigious portfolio of creative collages !
Jolanta Anna Karolska
You continue to blow me away with your creativity..ideas..artistry, Douglas..such wonderful use of imagination :) fav
Mike Nahorniak
Love this Doug, blended so well, peacful creation! F/V/Tweet!
Douglas Fromm replied:
Thanks, Mike, for your insightful compliment …. I spend a lot of time cutting little paper scraps to make them blend together, and I’m so glad when observant viewers notice !
Gary F Richards
Outstanding da Vinci and waterfront composition, lighting, shading, contrast, color and artwork! F/L voted
Jenny Revitz Soper
BRAVO! Your artwork has earned a FEATURE on the homepage of The Artists Group, 4/10/2022! You may also post it in the Group's Features discussion thread and any other thread that fits!
Laurie's Intuitive
Love this very creative artwork including three centuries!! Wonderful concept and composition!
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