World Upside Down Series
mixed media collage
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it has been an interesting exploration in abstraction and balance
there are 7 in the series so far ~ not all of which are on my website yet but there are more to come!
Necessity is the Mother of Invention.
It's been a tough couple of months for sales and with money being tight for me, I found myself at a loss for things to paint on. Having plenty of these used wax covered palette papers lying about with patches of bright colored oil, wax and micas that I mixed using a brayer for my larger paintings on board...I got to thinkin'....'surely I can do something with all this left over material'.
Sooo....I started tearing.
Pretty soon I had a pile of torn colored papers in all sizes and shapes lying about. Then I started arranging...and rearranging....and rearranging. Finally, I started seeing some harmonies and balances from all the chaos on the table.
After about two months of tearing, arranging, rearranging, combining, tearing, rearranging some more...the ideas expanded and formed into this new series World Upside Down. They all can be viewed as I present them or upside down and they still 'read' as a landscapes of an inner sort!
You can find most of this new series here!
I am currently preparing for The Festival of Fine Arts on Tybee Island, GA scheduled for this weekend Oct. 16 & 17. This new collage series will be in the show along with my new oil & wax paintings....come to see in person and say hello...I'd love to see you!
