Collage is a supremely simple process. Paper, scissors, glue - one color, object, or shape invites the next. Its expression arises from whatever material happens to be at hand, and because we cannot know which picture will adopt which other, or where the constellation of imagery will finally settle, it circumvents the influence of our own limited preconceptions. As the great paste-up artist Jess once noted, we wait “for the piece itself to tell [us] where it belongs.”

As each juxtaposition suggests another, we begin riding a wave of spontaneous association. Multiple meanings and interrelationships arise, in collaboration with the makers of the original component images, and so consensus reality gets rearranged and refreshed. Harmony emerges from the chaos of random elements, simply by following the dictates of the moment, the pleasure of the eye in free-flowing attention.

This ability to harness the unexpected and nonsensical makes collage a lot of fun. Impromptu metaphors take flight and inner landscapes are coaxed into the light of day....

Even the finished collage is never entirely static. The images remain in flux as the unbound eye travels through the piece. Because of this, the viewer can “read” a collage in different ways and many times over and always uncover some new relationship or allegory or visual pun. In this way, the viewer continues the process which began with paper, scissors, glue.

all images shown are available as
prints on glossy cardstock. some are better larger, some better smaller, depending on original size. email with any questions!

7 x 7" to 8.5 x 11": $25.

9 x 12" to 14 x 19": $45.

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select originals are also available

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