Digital Art | Staceology

These images begin as photographs and undergo a full digital transformation. Through multiple layers of color, texture, and often more than one medium, each piece becomes something new.

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Digital Painting

While watercolor has been my medium of choice for the past several years, recently I’ve begun to work with digital painting and paint everything from abstracts to renditions of my favorite photographs.