Pass By

Acrylic collage on heavy archival paper 11 x 15 inches, image size 9.5 x 10.75 inches.....on an early May morning....beautiful, fresh, and cold.

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May 1968, On Crocus Hill

 

May1968, On Crocus Hill 
Painted yesterday but thinking back to 1968....a very pretty day in May...long, long ago. Acrylic collage painting on heavy archival paper, 11 x 15 inches, image size 9.75 x 11 inches.

Here is the video showing the last painting stage of this work:

https://youtu.be/cf1aTmsl93o

 

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Chance

 

An abstract collage made with cut and torn acrylic painted papers. I'm putting all my videos documenting these processes on my utube channel  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVCyV_Xg-P4&feature=player_detailpage

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuHuLWsq7LQVYbd616Wzz2Q

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Hiding

Sometimes there is a desire to make with less information....to not know what or how. I have a huge box of these acrylic painted papers. I start cutting and tearing. They are about design, but they are associated with specific experience/memory as well.

Little Grove at Dusk

One of the pieces made with no visual reference, and no initial intention to make the piece into anything but a relation of colour, shape and line.

Recent Collages

I decided to keep these two collages without any painting additions in the end stages. The pencil found its way onto a few shapes.

So far the types of production seems to go as follows:

1) paintings from small diagrams
2) paintings with photo reference
3) collage paintings from both methods above
4) invented collages from memory, with or without painted additions
5) landscape paintings from invention

April, Homestead Hill

Spring is coming very slowly....it's often dreary. But in this piece I wanted some relief, so I made this image of Homestead Hill more appealing than it's seemed lately.....perhaps a small matter of emphasis. Regardless, April remains one of my favourite months....because the most promising months are right ahead.

Jane's New Forest

Just finished this...a little collage 7 x 6 inches. As all these pictures are made, I need to make changes to format or style to keep things fresh. In this case, going to a slightly smaller size, on paper that was not previously prepared, was enough. It's like saying "do whatever you want....permission to play".

Tree Farm

I attend an auction regularly on this large piece of land, now an abandoned tree farm. It was a great government initiative at one point....tree seedlings provided so cheaply.....10 cents per seedling. The program was cut and now all the buildings are falling into disrepair. I wander around the big acreage, waiting for my auction items to come up.

Little Tree, Deep February

Collage offers a slightly different sensibility. Yesterday I worked for about 6 hours on a self portrait collage....unusual for me because most things take me less than 2 hours.....but I couldn't get it right so I kept going. It finally arrived at a place that seemed of interest....we'll see what it looks like again tomorrow....I purposely didn't bring it back home, only partly because I wanted the AP Drawing students to see how it progressed.

Cottage Light

Memories from ages ago....walking towards a cottage in pitch-dark....the way light penetrates a bit, making everything safe, pleasantly mysterious, and warm in the coolness of summer nights.

Lake Swimmer

Another little collage completed yesterday afternoon.....a swimmer....memory of a time at a northern lake.


I'd like to thank JORDAN DELOACH for doing a very nice feature about me on her design blog THE WEEKEND DESIGN....An exploration of design and the world of curiosities.


..... a good place to go for all things related to design and home decor.....Jordan puts interesting and unexpected things together.