virginia asman • illuminage studio

I took two walks in the parks – New York’s Central Park and Brooklyn’s Botanical Gardens – in the winter when the branches are proudly bare. Photographing the more interesting trees, converting them to drawings and juxtapositionng them led to The Birds And The Trees (2011). The little robin was photographed simply enjoying an early spring day.

Subway Symphony (2010) features familiar sights in the NYC subway system: those
tireless musicians who add so much pleasure to the MTA experience!.

Adagio: on the platform
Allegro: in the tunnel
Presto: on the train

Paint The Town (2009) is a series in which I chose vivid hues to color cast New York City.

Hues Make News: the rainbow reflecting the varied colors of those ubiquitous newspaper boxes found throughout our city which have replaced the little newsboy of bygone times—and our growing appreciation of the colorful tapestry of people who make up our city!

Eastside, Westside: an imaginative montage of two views of the skyline of lower Manhattan as photographed from across the Hudson and East Rivers …aka “It’s a New York World!”

SoHo Spectro: a photo montage of actual colorfully painted buildings found throughout SoHo arranged and joined by familiar NYC sidewalk/street icons to portray a full-spectral street scene!

Standouts!: there are buildings —and then there are BUILDINGS! Some of NYC’s “stars” are colorfully shining in this montage of photos and drawings.

The Starry Ride: a couple embarks on an journey—via those color-coded transit lines—into the city under a starry sky that Vincent van Gogh would surely love!

AncientWorks On Location (2007) marked my debut as a gallery artist working in the digital media. Originally created for graphic t-shirts, the almost two dozen AncientWorks designs were inspired by the ancient and prehistoric art of peoples around the world. For the gallery series, I added a background location to each of four early designs: Egypt (Ancient Pet Gallery) famous red rock formations from the American Southwest (Ancient Bowlie Dancers), the Greek island of Santorini (Ancient Greek Gig) and Cathedral Rock in Sedona, AZ (Ancient Rock Band).

Ancient Pet Gallery won a spot in NYU’s juried 31st Small Works Show (2008) at Washington Square East Galleries, NYC.

Visit www.ancientworksgallery.com to see more of the AncientWorks designs.