Mixed Media - Volume 05
Mixed Media Volume 05 sets sail with a series of six original digital collages built around the timeless elegance of the Chinese junk boat — each piece paired with a Chinese character carrying its own meaning: Prosperity, Destiny, Beautiful, Lucky, Longevity, and Happiness. AI-sourced junk boats and moons are layered over original hand-crafted backgrounds of Temu stamps, vintage ephemera, and the artist's own illustrations, with downloaded and hand-altered Chinese characters anchoring each composition. The result is a collection that feels like postcards from a long and meaningful voyage — rich with texture, intention, and the quiet wisdom of words that travel well across cultures. Original digital collage art with AI-assisted elements.
Mixed Media - Volume 05, No. 01
Mixed Media - Volume 05, No. 01 - Prosperity A weathered Chinese junk boat sails beneath a glowing moon, its rust-red sails catching the light against a richly layered background of vintage style American postage stamps and postal markings. The Chinese character for Prosperity rises above the vessel in bold black brushstrokes, its meaning echoed in the journey itself — a ship making its way across documented waters, stamped and approved at every port. Star badges and faded butterfly stamps drift among the sails, while scrollwork swirls in the corners like ink dispersing in water. The junk boat and moon are AI-sourced, layered over an original hand-crafted background of vintage stamps and ephemera, with a Chinese character sourced and hand-altered by the artist. Available on a wide range of print-on-demand products through Redbubble and Zazzle.
Mixed Media - Volume 05, No. 02
Mixed Media - Volume 05, No. 02 - Destiny A grand junk boat sails in cooler twilight tones, its deep red sails fully unfurled beneath a luminous full moon bearing the Chinese character for Destiny. This piece feels more cinematic and detailed than its companions — visible crew members on deck, small red flags catching an unseen wind, and a smaller boat trailing in the distance suggest a story already in motion. The original background blends sheet music with fragments of Victorian newspaper columns and ornate scrollwork, the water below reflecting both the vessel and the layered text beneath it. The junk boat and moon are AI-sourced, layered over an original hand-crafted background of sheet music and vintage ephemera, with a Chinese character sourced and hand-altered by the artist. Available on a wide range of print-on-demand products through Redbubble and Zazzle.
Mixed Media - Volume 05, No. 03
Mixed Media - Volume 05, No. 03 A junk boat drifts across calm waters beneath a glowing moon and a sky full of softly scattered stars, its red sails catching the last warmth of evening against a deep green twilight. The Chinese character for Beautiful hangs in the night sky, and the entire piece carries a quiet, meditative stillness — the kind of calm night where the breeze cools and the only sound might be whale song carrying across open water. Sheet music for a waltz drifts through the background alongside Victorian newspaper fragments and delicate scrollwork, while a single ink splatter and scattered coin stamps add quiet texture beneath the surface calm. The junk boat and moon are AI-sourced, layered over an original hand-crafted background of sheet music and vintage ephemera, with a Chinese character sourced and hand-altered by the artist. Available on a wide range of print-on-demand products through Redbubble and Zazzle.
Mixed Media - Volume 05, No. 04
Mixed Media - Volume 05, No. 04 Lucky A vivid junk boat with bold red sails glides across still waters beneath a glowing moon bearing the Chinese character for Lucky, framed within the artist's own original oval banner illustration. A small crowned raven peers out from a cameo medallion nearby, while a weekly planner grid and a stack of books along the left edge add a touch of everyday domesticity to the scene. Fragments of handwriting and the phrase "the raven and other poems" surface faintly through the layered background, hinting at quiet stories tucked beneath the surface of the water. The junk boat and moon are AI-sourced, layered over an original hand-crafted background of vintage ephemera, with original banner framing and a Chinese character sourced and hand-altered by the artist. Available on a wide range of print-on-demand products through Redbubble and Zazzle.
Mixed Media - Volume 05, No. 05
Mixed Media - Volume 05, No. 05 Destinmy A detailed junk boat sails through waters dense with layered text — vintage advertisements, antique alphabet samplers, coin stamps, and the recurring phrase "the world before us is a postcard, and imagine the story we are writing on it" drift across the sails and water alike. The Chinese character for Longevity glows beside a pale moon, and the LSD65.com watermark anchors the piece firmly as the artist's own. Scattered stars and softly glowing coins along the waterline give the scene a sense of accumulated time — fortune, wealth, and years all gathering quietly in one place. The junk boat and moon are AI-sourced, layered over an original hand-crafted background of vintage ephemera and typography, with a Chinese character sourced and hand-altered by the artist. Available on a wide range of print-on-demand products through Redbubble and Zazzle.
Mixed Media - Volume 05, No. 06
Mixed Media - Volume 05, No. 06 Happiness A junk boat in warm sunset tones sails across a sea of American historical text — fragments of the Declaration of Independence repeat across the background alongside vintage postal permits, a 1919 Hudson Terminal postmark, and looping cursive script. The Chinese character for Happiness glows beside a luminous full moon, the multicolored sails catching light like a sunset captured mid-voyage. Of all six pieces in the volume, this one carries the most overtly American historical backdrop, creating an unexpected pairing between Eastern symbolism and the founding language of the West — two very different declarations of what people hold dear. The junk boat and moon are AI-sourced, layered over an original hand-crafted background of historical text and postal ephemera, with a Chinese character sourced and hand-altered by the artist. Available on a wide range of print-on-demand products through Redbubble and Zazzle.