Joan Proudman combines photographic imagery with digital illustration to achieve seamless compositions that delight and inspire. Her work is elegant and subtle, and sometimes contains symbolic messages which make for interesting and thoughtful greeting cards to share with others.
Every composition is original and meticulously-crafted. Cards are printed by me, one at a time, and measure 6.25x4.5" . Each card comes with an envelope and a protective sleeve and is suitable for all occasions. Blank on the inside, so that one's own personal thoughts can be added, cards are printed with a high quality printer on high quality, bright white card stock. They retail for $6 each.
(Most of my designs sell as prints on demand as well as wood mounts. (Click on "Prints" or contact me for more info).
Artist Statement:
Some people go on long journeys, traveling by plane, boat or car, but my journeys go inward into a world of symbols. Meaningful narratives unfold spontaneously as if from a hidden source, evoking a sense of mystery, wonder and humor.
Rural Maine, with its long, silent winters is nourishing to the creative life . Artistic creativity provides beauty, meaning and purpose to life.
As a child, I loved to draw figures and create fantasy worlds. Later came a career in dance and theater and an art degree which explains the theatrical element in my work.
Proudman's Art has been printed in and on book and CD covers, in manuals, magazines and online journals. “Rite of Passage” won Special Mention in Mozaik Philanthropy’s National Art Competition (2020). Proudman's images were featured in Shadow and Light Magazine’s Surreal Issue, (2021) and appeared in and as the cover art of Maine Arts Journal (2019).
My own photos as well as copyright-free images from the public domain provide the material for my compositions. I edit each image manually as well as the work as a whole. A Wacom digital pen, tablet, 22" iMac and Photoshop software is used to cut, paste, blend, filter and enhance multiple layers. I do not create with Ai.
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