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Finding Happiness – Torn Paper Collage

Unlike most of my collages, this is about place. It has no people in it. Not even a hint of one. It’s because place was

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Most of my collages flow almost effortlessly as I create them. This one challenged me at several points. Sometimes when I work, I lay out

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This is a work in progress. I began painting it in early January 2021, from one of my favorite photos. Here’s the original photo from

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What now…? I doubt that I’m the only one asking this question, as we head into the uncharted territories of 2021. But, because we forging

Collages, Diary notes

This is among my favorite sets of daily collage pages in my “Looking for a Fairy Tale” art journal. The scan is as good as

Collages, Diary notes

Working on a book based on my 2002 “Looking for a Fairy Tale” art journal, I was struck by an image I’d used on May

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Some of my collages start with very odd inspirations. This one began with three images: First, the classical figure in the upper right. Then, the

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It’s time to try some different techniques. Not necessarily mixed media, though this one is clearly that. Mostly, I want to go beyond the edges

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The past three mornings, I’ve woken up smiling. That’s refreshing, and this collage reflects that. (The photo is a little blurry as I photographed it

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This collage, “And carry on,” is about darkness, the light ahead, and the path from here to there. It’s about where we are as a

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Shine is about us. It’s about who we are, inside, and who (or what) we’ve pretended to be. Yes, sometimes pretense is about privacy and

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I think many of us are searching for something in our lives. (And yes, as I’m writing this, the Eurythmics’ song is in my head.)