I’ve had a few wonderful hours in the studio this week working out options from a printed piece that has lit up all my lightbulbs of inspiration. This is a piece of monotype printed (plus thermofax-screened trees) on rice paper that was created almost completely by accident while I was working on other things. This is it.
I just love this little piece. It’s about 9” square. It has inspired me to plan a whole batch of printmaking later this week on fabric of various kinds plus paper. I’m trying to analyze its parts and see what made it successful.
Meanwhile, I decided to use this in a collaged composition, elements collaged onto watercolor paper, final product matted with a black mat.
At this point it’s easy to be loose and try out ideas. Nothing is glued down. All the pieces I have available as scraps are candidates for the tryouts.
Maybe a bit of yellow for brightness and some browns for earthiness?
Delete the yellow, add some rock patterns to the browns. Now I’ve introduced some brick red.
A transparent piece might work to bridge the gap between sections.
Graphic black and white patterns might be interesting additions, and relate to the black trees and the black mat:
Here’s what I’ve ended up gluing down. I consider this the background, like creating the stage setting. Ready for characters.
It’s probably about 90% done. What I envision now are some smaller painted, or drawn or stamped elements – adding a little bit of liveliness and a foreground.
Stay tuned!
If you enjoy looking at smaller collaged works like this one, I invite you to browse through the gallery called “Wednesday Collage” on my website. I experiment here with landscapes, water birds, and abstracts in a variety of palettes. Maybe you’ll find one or two that speak to you. Happy browsing!
Visit the gallery of collages HERE
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--Bobbi
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