Collage is a perfect artform for summer. I came home after work the other day and spent some time in the sun on the back deck slathering paint on watercolor paper. These exercises in abstract color and form would then be used as backgrounds for collages. It's a very free process -- very easy to get into a state of flow because you know the paint is just going to get covered up so it doesn't make a lot of sense to nit pick.
Here's my first experiment. It incorporates a photo I took of a punky girl from my car as I waited for the light to turn green. It also gives a nod to Robert Rauschenberg; I pulled in an image from one of his collages that hangs in MOMA.
I love this collage! And if you are going to steal something why not steal from the best? -- Rauschenberg is a favorite of mine and I think your collage does him justice. This is so urban, funky and stylish. i love the texture and the text. Maria will enjoy this too I think -- she likes visual art that incorporates text -- something she specializes in academically. (I'll forward a link so she will be sure to see this)
Love 'Ya,
Dad
Posted by: Frank Winters | August 07, 2008 at 07:09 AM