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Liminal Reality
ROBERT MERLO
“Liminal Reality” is a mixed-media composition utilizing cookie icing and melted marshmallows on canvas. As typical of my work, I’ve thrown out the rules when creating this piece.
Although I’ve used ‘abstract’ to describe my latest compositions, I don’t favor subscribing to any specific genre, style, or method, lest I pigeonhole myself, limiting me from exploring my true artistic potential. ‘Unconventional’ is a more accurate description.
“Unconventional’ refers to my art style that is intentionally unrefined or chaotic in its appearance. It can include drips, splatters, smears, and smudges I create using various experimental techniques and materials.
With ‘Liminal Reality,’ similar to some of my other work, I aimed to develop a sense of energy and movement and challenge traditional notions of beauty, order, and rules.
For this particular composition, I used non-traditional, unconventional mediums (read: food-based) that are perishable and thus have to be photographed with a high-resolution camera within a few hours of completion, lest the work degrades into an unidentifiable, unremarkable mess.
As part of creating this composition, I used Procreate and Adobe Creative Suite to digitally enhance the image to accentuate colors, lighten/darken, and sharpen it to achieve the desired effect.
Link to Store: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/ cognitivebliss/
Link to Print: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/ cognitivebliss/liminal-reality/
Link to Store: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/cognitivebliss/
Link to Print: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/cognitivebliss/liminalreality/
A graduate of the University of Rochester and the Charles H. Lundquist College of Business at the University of Oregon, Robert Merlo is employed in the Ed Tech Industry. He lives in Rochester, New York with his wife, a 3rd-grade teacher, and their 13-year-old daughter.
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