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CAN views

January 2025 - a selection of prints on display at The Foyer Gallery, Creative Arts Napier, New Zealand. Each original photomontage contains pixels from freely usable sources on the Internet including Morguefile and Rijksmuseum.
"As a member of The Print Council Aotearoa NZ two of my pictures were at Creative Arts Napier (CAN) in 2023. Now a solo exhibition is in the Foyer Gallery during January 2025.
The new generative AI processes (GenAI), that use algorithms to analyse millions of images by inputting text, is a way to create art that looks like real photographs.
However, my preferred approach is to visually work through several hundred freely usable artworks provided copyright free by individuals and institutions - click on links below to view image source.
Pixel layers are created, by applying digital composite techniques by hand to the selected works, and layers evolve until one remains. The CAN compositions are actual photomontages from a series called 'Views' and show elements of -scapes that reflect imaginary/real places.
These pieces are one-offs providing an opportunity to have a unique 'View'. The collection includes 16 original archival pigment prints on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308 gsm paper. There are 3 sizes, up to 45 x 36cm. All are signed, unframed and unmounted."


view 15
Morguefile - FreeProjectPhoto - scotth


view 35
Unsplash - Sam Schooler
Morguefile - Scott Liddell
Pixabay - Ravi Teja

view 43
Morguefile - inkogutto - MGDboston - George Bosela
Unsplash - Ayo Ogunseinde


view 49 v2
Morguefile - wallyir - sirdouglas - backtoeden - swatcop 
Unsplash - Richard Lee

view 54
Morguefile - Lia Trevarthen - pjhudson - Jane M Sawyer


view 105
Morguefile - MMAARRSS - mantasmagorical


view 112
Morguefile - mantasmagorical - mantasmagorical

view 183
Unsplash - Bharath Raj - Sebastian Pena Lambarri
Metropolitan Museum of Art - Zhou Dongqing


view 222
Morguefile - Scott Liddell - Jane M Sawyer

view 228
Morguefile - ozgary - Scott Liddell - pedrojperez
Rijksmuseum - Bartolommeo Suardi
Pexels - Julia Volk