My collages are intuitive. I never know what they’ll look like – or what they’ll mean (to me, anyway) – until they’re finished. This is very much that kind of torn-paper collage. It’s darker than my usual works, but in a mysterious, moody, “old money” way. It will look best matted and in a sophisticated…
Here’s what I wrote when I created this art: In a hotel room in Maine, still “on the road” as we move to New England, I’m making torn-paper collages again. This one is very different from the torn-paper collages I was creating in Florida. It’s more vibrant. More animated. My husband says it looks “happier.”…
This triptych has a history. Its current subject – Lake Winnisquam at dawn – was not its first incarnation. Before I share the full story, covering several months, here’s a photo of the finished work. It’s an acrylic painting, and each of the three canvases is about 18″ x 24″. Here’s my original photo from…
Unlike most of my collages, this is about place. It has no people in it. Not even a hint of one. It’s because place was on my mind when I woke up this morning. Places where I fit in. That’s New England. Mostly Boston and coastal Maine, NH, and Massachusetts. And almost any arts community….
Most of my collages flow almost effortlessly as I create them. This one challenged me at several points. Sometimes when I work, I lay out all of the pieces before I start gluing them in place. At other times, I glue pieces as I tear them to size. Most of the time, it’s a little…
What now…? I doubt that I’m the only one asking this question as we head into the uncharted territories of 2021. But, because we’re forging a fresh, new path, perhaps we get to make the rules. We can invent our new world, and make it better than before. The flaws of the past are…