Nance Paternoster • FAMILY PORTRAITZ SERIES DESCRIPTION I have been a digital artist and photographer since the early 1980’s. As the years have gone by, technology has become a larger and larger part of my work, and the digital environment is often the jumping-off point for my art. With this series I wanted to return to a more fundamental place and start the work at the photographic level. By starting with everyday digital photographs of family and friends like those taken by millions everyday, I could connect with a sense of home, family, and relationship. From there, I used image manipulation techniques and digital painting to alter angles and introduce a new, bright color palette. While the essential photos remain, the portraits take on a creepy, almost ugly feel, suddenly pulling our traditional view of the family photo and family relationships into question. Next, I prepared watercolor paper with molding paste, luminescent acrylics, and rabbit skin glue to bring dimension and texture to the work. I then printed the manipulated images onto the treated surfaces. The final pieces evoke a sense of estrangement and distance from the loved one - a carnival-like echo of a familial love. SPECIFICATIONS: 17 1-of-1 Original Portraits, Finished size: 29” x 36” each Digital photography with image manipulation and digital painting, printed on Arches watercolor paper treated with molding paste, luminescent acrylics, rabbit skin glue, and archival varnish. Framed with brushed aluminum under UV Plexiglas HOME COLLECTIONS CREDENTIALS WORK CONTACT