This is an 11" x 14" Giclee print of an original illustration by Mike Berndt of Earmark Invitations.
Inspired by this bit of text from "Ways of Seeing" by John Berger:
"The spectator-buyer is meant to envy herself as she will become if she buys the product.
She is meant to imagine herself transformed by the product into an object of envy for others, an envy which will then justify her loving herself.
One could put this another way: the publicity image steals her love of herself as she is, and offers it back to her for the price of the product."
The image was drawn by me using a combination of pencil and paper, a scanner, a Wacom Intuos tablet and Photoshop, and printed on Crane Museo 250 Archival paper. The printing is done using a Canon PIXMA Pro9000. The stunning quality of this print is unmistakable! Signed by the artist and includes a small note card with the Berger text.
