means “to paste”. Artists George Braque and Pablo Picasso glued newspaper
and textural materials onto their painted canvases over 100 years ago.
“Still Life with Temora” George Braque 1913
“Guitar” Pablo Picasso 1913
My compositions are created around my photos and drawings, acrylic and coloured
pencil experiments plus found images and objects. Each collage contains song lyrics
from a singer-songwriter from my formative years. As a teenager, I developed a passion
for words and poetry, spending hours listening to my albums and following the words
printed on the back of album covers. Ah, the wonderful art and words of album covers
from the past; but that is a post in itself. I am amazed to find that so many of those
words are engrained in my memory and inspire me to this day. The words from artists
such as Joni Mitchell, Bruce Cockburn, Leonard Cohen, Carole King and James Taylor
were easily combined with my images.
I am posting my collages here for my friends and family to view.
Just Around the Corner
hand coloured photo, Collingwood, Ontario, acrylic paint and paper collage
Find Some Good
hand coloured photo, Bayfield, Ontario, coloured pencil, magazine pages collage
New Morning
chemically manipulated magazine images, calendar page and found object collage
Goin’ to the Country
hand coloured photo, Jerome, Arizona, drawing and calendar collage
Painted Ponies
hand coloured photo, San Diego, California acrylics and found object collage
Memphis
hand coloured photo, Orangeville, Ontario, distressed paper and brochure collage
In the Garden
hand coloured photo, Leistershire, England, magazine pages collage
Blue Skies
coloured pencil drawing, experiments on paper and calendar pages collage
Sharpen your Senses
hand coloured photo, Bayfield Ontario acrylics & magazine pages collage
What lies Beneath
hand coloured photo, York, England, chemically distressed magazine pages collage
Shelter
hand coloured photo, Corning, New York, magazine image and yarn collage
Above it All
acrylic paint, magazine image and found object collage
Tupelo Honey
photo, Santa Fe, New Mexico, magazine images and found object collage
Balance
chemically altered magazine pages
Back Door
hand coloured photo, Caledon East, Ontario, acrylics and drawing collage
Heart’s Delight
photo, Louisville, Kentucky, chemically altered magazine image
Truth
chemically altered magazine images, leaves collage
On Your Own
hand coloured photo, Harrogate,England, coloured pencil and acrylic experiments collage
The Light
coloured pencil, acrylics, magazine image collage
Roving the Cliff
chemically altered magazine image and collage
Tapestry
hand coloured photo, Pateley Bridge, England
Trust
acrylics, magazine image collages
Dreamer
coloured pencil drawing, acrylics, old maps collage
Clear Thinking
chemically manipulated magazine image and found material collage
Country Road
hand coloured photo, Bayfield, Ontario, chemically altered magazine image, acrylics
Beauty of the Light
hand coloured photo, Arundel, England, magazine images collage 8 1/2” x 10 1/2”
Joni Mitchell: Won’t you stay, we’ll put on the day and talk in present tenses.
Won’t you Stay
hand coloured photo, Boston, Massachusetts, acrylic, cloth collage
Moonlight
photo, Portsmouth, England, chemically altered magazine image