The Autumn Leaf
by Elaine Newington Ward
by Elaine Newington Ward
The Autumn Leaf -
The picture was created to illustrate a book of poems about a fisherman. The poet decided not to publish and does not wish to be acknowledged.
In this poem a fisherman sees leaves on the surface of the water metamorphosising into fish and comparing their transience to the passing of seasons and to life itself.
To further his concept I introduced the reality of actual autumn leaves to the formality of the fish shape as a collage. A photograph of this was 'submerged' in Monet-style digitally created water to produce a picture with a dream-like quality. The combinations of real and unreal have found new form and swim on by illustrating and emphasising the poet's perception of the passage of time.
23 items of artwork shown.