Tuesday, October 4, 2011

New Large Paper Collage: "Sideswipe" and "Signs Look Like Picket Fences"

These two new collages are 48h x 60w. I decided to take a break from the large pieces with thousands of small pieces of billboard paper and try some new work with larger pieces of paper. Both of these collages were treated like a close up of the larger work with small paper. I was interested in trying to let the beauty of the paper speak for itself.
They feel good and I will be doing more between the more intense larger multipanel work. (Sideswipe is the first image)







































Thursday, July 28, 2011

Crushed Autobody Parts Assembled: "Bumper to Bumper"







Welded crushed auto parts and paper make up Bumper to Bumper. The piece is 36h x 105w. Gluing the paper on irregular surfaces that are metal was a little challenging. The use of paper is different than the a panel collage because I felt there was a need to still have the metal have a presence. The color of the metal was a guide for the color choices of the paper. It was fun to have a new set of forms that were a little less rigid in their geometry.