I did this collage as I was experimenting with mark-making with ink on a piece of watercolor paper that already had a collection of random collage pieces on it. The abstracted figures emerged and I continued to pull them out of the chaos. The red traffic signal shaped element is intriguing to me. This work [...]
posted in: collage experimental / forest collages
medium: collage, magazine collage
This collage is done on a 12×12 cradled board (it looks like a box). It is part of my forest series and was created with magazine papers, paint and tissue papers. Forests are magical places and I try to recreate that magic by concentrating on the light shining from behind the trees. You are apt [...]
This is an example of a portrait collage that I did as a demonstration. I shot a photo of my husband at his desk and did the collage based on that photo and my long-time experience of looking at his face. It is done with found papers and tissue and washi papers on his face. [...]
I did this collage as my first all magazine collage demonstration in a class that I taught at the Art Center in Grand Junction. It is based on a photo that I took of the magnificant cathedral in Segovia, Spain which was lit up on a summer’s evening. It is in the collection of an [...]
I did this collage in response to a trip to Cuba. It was prompted by picking up a tattered piece of paper off the ground which reminded me of the decrepit building facades in Havana. The tattered paper is in the left hand corner and towards the middle (three pieces in total)of the piece. So [...]
