#collaborative collage

14 May 2024, 21:35 | Hotel Room Desk Collage Lab, Sleep Inn & Suites, Oregon, Wisconsin

I'll write the first line. You reblog adding a second line. Next person adds a third and so on. It's gonna be amazing

Here we go:

Spectators, Olivia Huntley & elin o’Hara slavick, 2019

collaborative collage & mixed media

Received: December, 2011

Luke/Jen Collage

The Holidays are always crazy, but now I have finally begun updates, and more to come...

This I got from Luke in December when he came to visit, so no postage this time, but oh well...He also painted on it, which I had wanted to avoid, but damn it all, I like it. I think is casein paint? I'll have to double check. This also makes me want to experiment with different paper qualities, textures, but on to the collage:

I kind of love it, kind of... I mean its very visually interesting and stimulating, but perhaps too busy, I don't know where is up and where is down. I believe I need to go in and simplify and make it stronger. This is not to say badly of the work he has done, quite the contrary. He changed it's mood entirely, from depressed crumpled dreams to city bustle and light, from despair to hope, explosive hope and journey, which was fitting as he was/is on a journey himself. 

Sent: January 2011

Sean/Jen Collage

This is a new collage started with Sean Buckley. Another talented artist friend of mine, and he's always working on something, or at least he used to be. Our friendship has become the occasional comment on Facebook, which is bound to happen these days. I look forward to starting tis visual conversation with him.

Received: In November/December of 2010

Andrew/Jen Collage

When I saw this is blew me away. The addition of a different type of material; gold reflective...Thats what I love about this is people can surprise you. Also that it is all encompassing of the piece. I was speaking with a fellow artist yesterday and she was relaying this technique of layering and she then said at one point she lets the oils all dry, then covers the whole painting in a thin layer of one color, like a burnt sienna or red oxide, and then goes in makes more layers in the darks and lights. This addition to the collage reminds me of that, bringing the piece back together as a whole, rather than the sum of its parts.

Sent:...?