...connecting branches!

 
Last fall I was invited by an online blogger
to participate in a collaborative project, The Paint-by-Number Exchange. Each participant was to select a Paint-By-Number kit to complete by hand and then to alter the image, giving it their own personal "twist" or embellishment  according to their artistic expression. I chose "The Almond Branches in Bloom", Saint Remy - circa 1890 a phenomenal piece by my champion, painter
~ Vincent Van Gogh. (view here)

This "Paint-by-Number Exchange" was proposed by fellow artist blogger Jacquelyn Berl.
You can view the other 10 entries at her blog: www.AscenderRisesAbove.com

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After painting the image (provided by Famous Art Kits) by hand, I scanned the image to digitally incorporate clothing buttons as flower buttons and alter the image with a flowing ribbon of text.
I then converted the entire image into an e-Stamp.
The "All Mundi" part of the title for this e-Stamp is both a play on words (Al-Mond)
and a reference to the "All World" scope of the e-Stamp.

All-Mundi Button Branch • 50 kilobyte e-Stamp
archival pigment print on archival paper • Lisa Rivas © 2011 • All Rights Reserved

If friends were flowers, I would pick you!

You can purchase this print here, it would be a wonderful gift!

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So what is an e-Stamp? It's my original concept of a virtual postage stamp for emails. I envisioned the e-Stamp as an art stamp with a global intention, as a way to honor "the internet" which has helped to connect us humans. The nationality of the e-Stamp is www—World Wide Web—and the denominations are in kB for kilobytes or mB for megabytes.
My e-Stamps also exist in the tactile "real" world as prints, produced as giclees on a 9-color archival digital printer. Their formats can be totally variable and printed on different substrates.

The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.
~ Elizabeth Foley
 

Comments

[Lisa Rivas]

Dear Miami Lasik Surgery and Stamp Collector and others,

You left an appreciative comment on my blog post: ... connecting branches where I showcase an e-Stamp of mine : All-Mundi Button Branch • archival pigment print on archival paper • Lisa Rivas © 2011 • All Rights Reserved - Please notice this part please: "ALL RIGHTS RESERVED"

I appreciate your comment put I do not grant you the right to go ahead and print it without permission. You are more than welcome to buy a print of this e-Stamp from my Etsy store, they are very affordable $22.00 + $4.50 shipping = $26.50
Here is the link: http://www.etsy.com/listing/73322555/all-mundi-button-branch-archival-pigment?ref=em

I do hope you respect my intellectual property.
Best regards, Lisa Rivas

[Miami lasik surgery]

Clever idea to make a stamp inspired by Van Gogh art. I am a stamp collector and I will print this one to add to my collection, look too good to miss it, great job.

[Lisa Rivas]

Thank You Jacqueline, I updated the link for the PBNE at your blog. It was a fun project and I actually entered another arena of possibilities. It's always good to think outside the box. Many hugs!

[AscenderRisesAbove]

Lisa; Yours is an amazing piece; so honored to have the postcard here! Thanks for playing along! Will link back to this post. I moved all the entries to one post because they were scattered all across my blog. Now they are all in one place:
http://ascenderrisesabove.com/?p=10787

[Lisa Ernst]

So beautiful and clearly inspired by the Van Gogh piece, yet with your own unique vision and execution. I'm looking forward to seeing the print version too.