Collage Art
Another page in the Junk Mail Journal.
I'm always enchanted by the serendipity of what's come in the mail each day that I can work with. This collage includes bits of background imagery from a catalog and a financial services direct mail piece, along with the inside of a billing envelope (safety paper). Some beautiful mulled colors can be found in the blurry backgrounds of corporate and fashion photography... Guess I am one of the few people who looks forward to junk mail!
The first entry in my Junk Mail Journal for 2010. So much collage potential in my mailbox today that I simply couldn't resist!
"A new year begins.
Every morning this morning.
Every day begins today.
Another year passed.
Sunlight. Clouds. Birds on the wing.
Only this moment. At last."
-Basho
Here's to 2010!
Collage above is "Perspective," 6 x 4", composed of recycled imagery on watercolor paper.
I wanted to share this commentary about ongoing creative endeavors and our "new year" mentality... I was amazed to read about the artist Carmen Herrera in the New York Times last week. However, it was this column that really put her tenacity into perspective:
Portrait of an artist as an old woman: Do what you love - The Boston Globe by Beverly Beckham, December 27, 2009. Worth reading! "If the world had never known her, would her life and her work have meant less? Not to her."
So many of us have creative pursuits of one sort or another. Let's keep at it in 2010 -- and beyond -- no regrets!
My collage below, titled "Time flies," was created in 2004 (proving, for me at least, that time does fly...) and measures 12 x 12 x 1," composed of contemporary papers and recycled imagery on wood panel.
