About Collages...

I have always loved mucking around with bits of paper.  Remember those cardboard dolls with paper cutout outfits from waaaaaaay back (like over half a century)? I loved them.  You could say my tastes have matured over the years, but I still love bits of paper.....



Boolimba Bluff

.... and leaves....

Drought

.... and almost any other bits and pieces...


Out Of Time

However these lean more towards 'mixed media' work than 'real' collage which is cut and paste... generally of found pre-printed words and/or images rather than painted paper and objects.

There are many cut and paste collagists whose work I admire, some below:

Cecil Touchon
Steven Specht
Edvard Derkert

... and not least our own Aussie, JOEL LAMBETH

Joel organises a collection of collagists each year that he calls To The Power Of N where he selects a number of participants, this year 12, and provides each with the same images on paper that they must use to make their own collages.

Last year they were soooo different, but there were some bits from the provided papers that several chose.  See the 2011 participants HERE.

I can do this I reckon... LOVE a challenge. Check out my own cut'n'paste collages in my portfolio on the right.

Why don't you give it a go too?  Submit HERE.