wall collage series

I've been teaching myself some new stuff for the last couple years and finally found a technique I really like... it's expensive to do and frustrating as hell but the result is (in my opinion) really pretty. The colors remain vibrant while the shapes and lines in the image become just a little bit muted, softer and translucent to whatever is behind them.

Due to the texture of the layers of vintage paper, it gets a gritty, grungy look with little (or big) missing chunks. It makes a mess and my hands get dirty... I like that. These were all made on small 3/8" panels so they would be easy to hang together for an art wall sort of look.

All of these were originally done on canvas and then cut and mounted on panel board. I'm slowly but surely getting a good grip on substrates are best for which techniques and am able to decide between wrapped canvas, cradled wood, or gessoed panel prior to starting each new piece. It seems like there won't ever be a point where the learning stops.

Some of these have sold, and some are still available in my Etsy shop.