Hawaii Artist Patti Millington

Patti Millington creates her Mechanical/Organical constructions by combining digitally based collages with found objects. Through techniques she has developed, she translates her digital images from the virtual realm into three dimensions, giving them life…her life.

THE WORKS 2006 12"h x 36"w x 2"d digital & mixed media

An incarnation of the life cycle of a human being, through the artist's own mementos. Layered images sandwiched between sheets of plexiglass lend a three dimensional feeling to Millington’s big machine of existence. The use of transparencies allows light to shine through some of the landmarks of her life.

view 2, THE WORKS 2006 12"h x 36"w x 2"d digital & mixed media
side B

BENEATH THE SKIN 2007 14"h x 22"w x 8"d digital & mixed media

The issues she portrays reflect the universal human need to come to terms with the past, embrace the future, and consider mortality. Mechanical/Organical is talking about newfound freedoms and concerns.

FLOOD GATES 2007 8"h x 8"w x 2"d digital & mixed media

Flood Gates, view 2
side B

Millington's mechanical images are digitally produced from her photographs of rusting machinery, clockworks, and scientific equipment. She remakes them "organical" by giving them a human story.

DEFENSE 2007 11"h x 12"w x 8"d digital & mixed media

Defense, detail

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