Paper Cats
by Nikolyn McDonald
Title
Paper Cats
Artist
Nikolyn McDonald
Medium
Photograph - Digital Manipulation Composite
Description
This composite began life as a simple abstract photograph of four sheets of paper standing on edge and fanned out over a light source. I focused on the upper edges and let the light and shadow create different patterns and designs as I moved around the set-up. Eventually, one of those photos became the source for each of the different colored squares - copied, flipped, mirrored - in the polyptych. Then I made copies of the square and tinted each one a different color, creating this pastel rainbow. At some point the center shapes made me think of cat eyes, so I added a circle for the iris and went with it. And that explains the title, "Paper Cats", which pays homage to both the origin and the abstraction of this pop art creation.
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May 3rd, 2023
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