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Hi.  I'm Lou Anne, a Misplaced Mermaid and member of Inspiration Avenue.   IA is a small group of artists who have formed an Etsy team.  We also have a blog that posts artistic challenges each week.  This week, I was the host of the challenge.  Since we're also going to have a tag swap and it's happening around Valentine's Day, I challenged everyone to share an image that defined love and/or romance for them. (Click the red button on the right to sign up.) I decided to combine some things I'm working on to make my image. 

I'm attracted to many different genres of art.  There are countless photographers, painters, sculptors, and mixed media artists who make images that inspire me.  The digital aspect of collage is currently my main passion in life.  I've spent a great deal of time during the past two years learning to work with Photoshop Elements so I can share my vision with others.

This digital collage is a small tribute to some of the things I love about making digital art.   When I began this journey, I was stunned by the generosity of other image makers.  By sharing their image collections, as well as their expertise, they allowed me to create a library of components for my art.  Every day, I visit other sites and drink in the visual delights each blogger has shared.  My goal is to increase my connections with others who share my passion for making images, whether it is in the form of a scrapbook page detailing their lives or a piece to hang in a gallery.  I have much to learn about the technical aspects of this type of art but I welcome the process of collaborating with others while I take this path.

It's also important for me to learn some ways to transform my vision into 3D images, creating assemblages, shadow boxes, and other mixed media pieces.  I think that's the appeal of mixed media for me-it's wide open!

I joined the Grow Your Blog hop hoping to increase my followers. I think it was an awesome idea and I'm really grateful that Vicki at Two Bags Full was willing to host this blog hop.   I'll be visiting as many blogs as I can and signing on to follow them too.   Thank you very much for visiting me!  I welcome comments and I'd love to have you sign up to follow Misplaced Mermaid.

Credits for Image Components:
Off With the Fairies, Raspberry Road Designs, Granny Art,  Aneczkaw, Farrah's Designer Scraps, Raymonde Savoie, EVint.com, and The Graphics Fairy
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