Carrying On

Memory of a Grid. Posca dots and punch-cut asterisks, painted tissue paper, found paper, 10×10 inches

I’m learning to come back to a piece and listen.

These are offcuts from a later collage, and proved to be missing parts for the Grid Memory composition. See if you can spot them in the finished piece! Also beautiful in their own right.
This one, made in early October, was a surprise winter holiday card, 4.5 x 6 inches

I was getting frustrated with my results and overwhelmed with choices working at larger sizes. I found freedom in smaller sizes and more rapid iteration.

Snippet. Screen-printed/painted tissue papers, 5 x 7 inches

And I also found freedom and joy in slicing up the larger unsuccessful pieces for the smaller compositions, like this snippet. It’s empowering to deconstruct a work that’s just not. Or just throwing! it! away!

Crazy, beautiful collage cat Maxine (actual photograph, not a collage, real cat)

(Just realized there’s not nearly enough cat pictures in this post)

Cheers to you all, and best of vision in all your endeavors

Thanks for reading along and feeling my pain in adult learning and artistic expression. May your winter holidays be loving and bright, full of good coffee and rational and/or goofy conversation and companionship. 2025 coming right up!

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