New Work; Collage on Wood
I have been thinking about these pieces for weeks. Making sketches, writing about why I need to make them, imagining them coming to life, practicing with the saber saw…. and I finally got the time to start on the project.
These pieces are small combination of hard and soft processes. Of strength and delicacy, of force and restraint. The brush stroke is cut from the canvas, outlined on wood, cut from the wood and layered with additional pieces of painted canvas. It’s the meeting point of things I can control and things I cannot.
The process is both scary (hello power tools) and joyful. Watching forms come to life when cut from the canvas and take on a new meaning when applied to the wood is such an excitement that as soon as I finish one, I can’t help myself from starting another. I’m hoping to finish a small set of these for The Other Art Fair in a few weeks - would love to have people hold and feel their little existences.
Scroll down to see the process <3
/ cutting out the brush stroke /
/ first cut outs are applied to the piece /
/ painting the sides /
/ making more /
/ the hole in the middle was hard /
/ laying out the pieces /
/ ta da /