David Carey
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    • Mash-ups
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    • Big Oil and Canadian Paintings
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    • The Gnomes of Port Moody
    • A Boy's Dream
    • Bookworms 2.0
    • Old shacks - new context
  • INDIVIDUAL PHOTOS (No themes)
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    • Bookworms Free Art Show
    • Animals Free Art Show
  • OLDER WORK
    • The Protesters
    • Appropriated Art
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    • Google Art
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    • Cactus Series
    • Backyards-Country Fairs
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​Appropriated Art

In looking at a piece of classical art I find that there is usually one aspect of it that attracts me more than another aspect. An interesting figure, tree, building, animal or object grabs my attention. I am fascinated by it and want to possess that portion and make it my own somehow. In this project I have done that by extracting the portion of interest and blending it with some area of the interior of my house. This is my way of “possessing” the attractive image element. The extracted image is now mine because its context is my house. Our perception of the appropriated image fragment can also change dramatically when seen in its new context. 

A few of these photos can be purchased. If there is an asterisk in the description, click on the image, click on the small icon on the right called "Art Print" and then click on the "Print Size" drop down menu.
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  • HOME
  • PROFILE / CV
  • PORTFOLIOS
    • Mash-ups
    • Dinosaurs
    • The Secret Life of Plants
    • Big Oil and Canadian Paintings
    • Humorous Images
    • The Gnomes of Port Moody
    • A Boy's Dream
    • Bookworms 2.0
    • Old shacks - new context
  • INDIVIDUAL PHOTOS (No themes)
  • GIVE AWAY SHOWS
    • Bookworms Free Art Show
    • Animals Free Art Show
  • OLDER WORK
    • The Protesters
    • Appropriated Art
    • Animals
    • Bookworms
    • Google Art
    • Basements
    • Cactus Series
    • Backyards-Country Fairs
    • Strange World
  • Contact