'NIGHT LIGHTS'

'NIGHT LIGHTS'

shares the same colors as

the old carpet

outside my studio door.

Painted tissue collage

on rag board with gold.

Sleepy bird and star-doodles

are transferred type-correction film.

COLLAGE TECHNIQUES

'NEW DAY SONG'

got its start from some block-printed cotton

I picked up here in Key West.

Quite varied patterns on one yard:

the sun/flower, geometric cross forms and

the little stylized bird profiles all

jumbled into a loose grid.

I scanned and printed the designs in different sizes

and tints. Then I assembled the collage with other

small paintings, embossings and drawings.

Have a look at this detail:

Left to right:

Type-correction film transfer on acrylic.

Scanned multiple birdies.

Type correction film on purple acrylic.

Embossed copper (line drawing flipped over)

with 23 carat gold.

Below that a tiny acrylic on oil pastel

with leaf and wing details scratched out.

The red, dotted crosses are 

the original fabric.

'ASTRONOMER' (link)

'ASTRONOMER'

is stretched out under the night sky.

Collage of 4 painted papers

with acrylic, crayon and gold leaf.

Type-correction film for the white bits.