2020 Collages
"The rules of collage are few: use what is available, and improvise with educated guesses played out until the design clicks into some final shape." - Robert Motherwell
Delving into the vocabulary of the artists who left us some marvelous collages, I began with Rule #1, to experiment with torn and cut fragments sourced from my own original drawings and paintings. The images below are 18 x 24 inches, except for "Fashionista" and "Santa, Baby, all on Aquarelle Arches paper. It seems like a perpetual voyage of self-discovery and refinement. (And play).
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![Not Boxed In](/art/qwhz433lvk4d.jpg)
Not Boxed In
![Conversation with Myself](/art/ptijui43lv3yl.jpg)
Conversation with Myself
![Fall on Shoal Creek](/art/m2sz4f3lva00.jpg)
Fall on Shoal Creek
![Storm on Shoal Creek](/art/jttawd43lvyc3.jpg)
Storm on Shoal Creek
![Shoal Creek I](/art/wdnx4d3lwlf9.jpg)
Shoal Creek I
![Shoal Creek II](/art/rt0ycq43lwdgz.jpg)
Shoal Creek II
![Mountain Home](/art/xtzkui43lw0ad.jpg)
Mountain Home
![Split Decision](/art/xdng4y3lwbnl.jpg)
Split Decision
![Winged](/art/pql949h9quw1.jpg)
Winged
![Sometimes My Heart](/art/wtuc2o4h9bida.jpg)
Sometimes My Heart
![Love in the Time of Corona](/art/1tz7wm4h910d3.jpg)
Love in the Time of Corona
![Homing](/art/eemh4uh915v7.jpg)
Homing
![Noah's ArK](/art/ttjhrw4h91i1x.jpg)
Noah's ArK
![Clown Follies](/art/seg143h9pj0r.jpg)
Clown Follies
![Fashionista](/art/3rl84dh9p9gq.jpg)
Fashionista
![Santa, Baby](/art/9upv4eh9pr5t.jpg)
Santa, Baby
![Not With a Whimper](/art/ozk94oh9cubu.jpg)
Not With a Whimper
![Warrior](/art/lthwav4h9qs9c.jpg)
Warrior
![Barndance](/art/o3qf45h9q2ys.jpg)
Barndance