Flame Tulip / Fire Dancer Painting
I have been in the process of working on a Flame Tulip / Fire Dancer for a long time. Some Flame Tulips for inspiration…Flame Tulips combined with Fire Dancers using […]
Category Archives: Collage
A Collage of Nordic Music Inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe
When I was looking up Georgia O’Keeffe in Wikipedia I found this painting called Blue and Green Music that she painted sometime in-between 1919 and 1921. from Wikipedia: Painted in her New […]
In a Scarlet Mood
Scarlet, bright red with a hint of orange, is a colour associated with blood, courage, passion and heat. This ‘mood board’ contains all my own photos, reading left to right, […]
Layers upon Layers – Ripped Poster Art
Ripped layers of posters revealing older layers of posters revealing even older older layers of posters. Poster overload. Main St poster overload. WE ripped poster. On the Drive – pink […]
Beige, a Bland, Boring Colour that Starts with B
A quick look at ‘beige’ in Wikipedia shows that, in spite of being a colour with a reputation for being boring, it actually has an interesting history. Currently ‘beige’ is […]
Adding More Texture to Mixed-Media Paintings with Tissue and Other ‘Fragile’ Papers
Examples of ‘fragile’ papers include tissue, rice paper and toilet paper/kleenex. Tissue Paper Relatively delicate papers tear easily when soaked in acrylic medium. To prevent this, a thicker acrylic gel is applied […]
Semi-Accidental On-Purpose Collage
Some artists use collage to to create their images. Artist’s work in a Madrid gallery features torn paper.One morning I wandered around the industrial wasteland of NDSM in Amsterdam, an area […]
Using Magazine Collage for Inspiration
At one point I started putting together collages of magazine images with the idea of using them as inspiration. This was the first collage I did – I called it […]
A Selection of Artworks Inspired by Salmon Spawning
Salmon spawning in Yard Creek, BC. My first attempt at a magazine collage used a salmon dinner for the ‘salmon’ part. Then I did a page of sketches. And another magazine […]
Fever Dream Paintings of Fiery Mountains Across the Water
I was rather delirious with a fever when I was in Eilat. But the youth hostel kicked us out at 9:00 and rather than ask them to let me stay in […]
