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"Town & Country- Birds & Beasts".
Collage - Vintage engravings, vintage papers, found target,
wasp's nest 'paper', rag paper, pvc glue. 18" x 31"
We next enter her collage studio across the
hall. e collage pieces include carefully
selected words and images from medical
texts and art books and vintage
photographs that create a beautiful
balance when assembled together. Works
from her Town and Country series highlight
birds from various engravings. "I just started
fitting them together and almost every
collage now has a bird in it of some kind,"
she explained. "ey add color and life to
my works."
Some of the bird engravings came from her
mother's personal collection, along with a huge
drawing that became the basis for her Chapeau
series. "It was done in 1959. I never liked
it, but I could not destroy it because I don't
believe in destroying things like that. I had to
do something with it," she explained. "I was
making collages and started cutting the faces
out. I was finding all kinds of images and odd
pieces to go with them. ey're beautiful now."
She combined the faces with flowers, birds,
strips of rag paper, ornate and decorative
elements, and swaths of her own paintings
to great effect. e collage works are a
combination of classic vintage elements with
a modern twist and a beautiful homage to the
past and her mother's art.
"Chapeaux series-#8.
Found papers, found 1959 c.p. drawing, pen/ink drawing,
vintage engravings & blueprint, pvc glue. 17" x 13"
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