This is one of my “layered landscapes” which I built on top of a collaged piece of yupo. I had no reference for this. It is completely made up. I live in the land of mountains and mesas in Colorado, so I guess it just happens by environmental osmosis. This piece belongs to a collector.
I love to do floral still lifes in collage. I start with a collaged ground and build the still life on top using many layers. Still life art can be static, but with the layers of images underneath the main subject matter, I find it exciting to see how much meaning and content I can [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
