Rebirth of Vintage Portraits-

Hand Painted Montages

 

The images in these vintage photos have been acquired from antique stores, flea

markets and old attics at estate sales. Family photos that have been discarded or have

no family left to preserve them is sad to me. This prompted a desire to give these people

a new beginning, a second life.

 

My landscape photos were selectively chosen to create the backdrop for the vintage

portraits. I used the process of textures to help blend the two separate images together

as one. When this process is complete, I convert the image to black and white and print it

on watercolor paper. I then hand paint them with watercolors, acrylics and colored pencils.

 

I began my art ventures as a painter and I wanted to recreate the old process of hand coloring

with a twist. After the colorization process is finished, I seal it with two layers of cold wax.