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Collage with Mixed Media
Paper collage (often with décollage), using (mostly) papers from the 1830s-1990s, sometimes (but not always) incorporating other media, including pencil, pen, dye ink, acrylics, chalk, charcoal, a wide array of transfer techniques for transparency, mica splits, and whatever else might come to hand.
"déterminatifs," 2015
sold
8 x 10 on recycled canvas board
Paper collage with décollage and mixed media (gel ink transfers, dye ink,
tea stains, pencil, sheet mica)
Collage with Mixed Media
Paper collage (often with décollage), using (mostly) papers from the 1830s-1990s, sometimes (but not always) incorporating other media, including pencil, pen, dye ink, acrylics, chalk, charcoal, a wide array of transfer techniques for transparency, mica splits, and whatever else might come to hand.
sold
8 x 10 on recycled canvas board
Paper collage with décollage and mixed media (gel ink transfers, dye ink,
tea stains, pencil, sheet mica)
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| "Homecoming," 2015 nfs 8 x 8 on wrapped canvas Paper collage with décollage and mixed media (gel ink transfers, dye ink, pencil, mica flakes) As featured in ZtoA--26 artists explode the alphabet, by Allan Bealy, published by Benzene Press |
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| "Galileo" 2015 8x10 on canvas board Paper collage with décollage and mixed media (gel ink transfers, acetate, dye ink, pencil) Papers: 1930s poetry book; 1949 How to Know the Birds; 1960 House Beautiful magazine; 1961 Mechanix Illustrated How-To-Do-It Encyclopedia; 1965 Practical Handyman Encyclopedia; 1966 Birds of North America |
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| "World Without End" 2014 sold 8x10 on canvas board Paper collage with mixed media (direct-paper-to-paper gel ink transfers, dye ink, rub-on letters, pencil, glaze, gold paint) Papers: 1892 Mitchell's New Intermediate Geography; 1917 Fourth Reader; 1923 Speedwriting Shorthand Dictionary; 1937 Boy Scout Jamboree Journal; 1966 Birds of North America; 2010 The Essential Enneagram |
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| "one blue eye" 2014 8x10 on recycled canvas board sold Paper collage with mixed media (direct-paper-to-paper gel ink transfers, pencil, pen, acrylics, Lucite viewfinder) Papers: 1837 Journal des Demoiselles; 1910 La Deuxième Année de Grammaire; 1936 Elco Screw Catalog; 1937 Boy Scout Jamboree Journal; 1949 How to Know the Birds; 1950s sewing packet; 1960 House Beautiful magazine; 1965 Practical Handyman Encyclopedia; |
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| "DUCK" 2014 5 x 7 on canvas board Paper collage with mixed media (direct-paper-to-paper gel ink transfers, dye ink), beeswax finish Papers: 1918 The Literary Digest; 1930 The Farmer's Wife; 1984 Decoy Pattern Book; modern glossy magazine |
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| "Squoval" 2014 8 x 10 on canvas board Paper collage with mixed media (mica splits, pen, pencil) and direct paper-to-paper gel ink transfer Papers: 1914 Birds of New York, 1837 Journal des Demoiselles, 1936 Elco Screw catalog, 1910 La Deuxieme Annee de Grammaire, vintage sewing packet, 1949 How to Know the Birds, 1965 Practical Handyman's Encyclopedia |
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| "Speedized" 2014 8 x 10 on canvas board Paper collage with mixed media (mica splits, pen, pencil) and direct paper-to-paper gel ink transfer Papers: 1914 Birds of New York, 1837 Journal des Demoiselles, 1936 Elco Screw catalog, 1910 La Deuxieme Annee de Grammaire, vintage sewing packet, 1949 How to Know the Birds, 1965 Practical Handyman's Encyclopedia |
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| "The Protest" 2014 8 x 10 on recycled canvas board Paper collage with mixed media (mica splits, dye ink, pencil) Papers: 1949 How To Know the Birds, 1920s The Friendship Book, glossy magazines, 1972 Understanding Your Body, vintage maps and letters |
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| "Be Coming Home" 2014 sold 5 x 7 on recycled canvas board Paper collage with décollage and mixed media (direct-paper-to-paper gel ink transfers, freestanding gel transfers, vintage maps, found text). Beeswax finish. Papers: 1960s Practical Handyman's Encyclopedia; 1961 1" map of Great Britain-Coventry & Rugby; 1926 Progressive Tailor magazine; antique postcard script; vintage primer; patterned paper; 1917 Birds of America; old dust jacket fragment |
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| "Eggheads" 2014 5 x 7 on recycled canvas board Paper collage with décollage and mixed media (direct-paper-to-paper gel ink transfers, freestanding gel transfers, mica splits, sewing tissue, found text, gesso) Papers: 1965 Foundations of Citizenship; 1949 How to Know the Birds; 1917 Birds of America; 1923 Speedwriting Shorthand Dictionary; 1978 A Field Guid to the Nests, Eggs, and Nestlings of North American Birds; 1957 Guide to Wine; Question and Answer Adventure-Birds (undated) |
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| "The Acorn Granary" 2014 (a companion piece to "Elkhorn Slough") 5 x 7 on recycled canvas board sold Paper collage with décollage and mixed media (freestanding gel image transfer of vintage photo, dye ink, beeswax finish) Papers: 1966 Birds of North America; 1946 Grade School Teacher magazine; 1992 The Birdcage Book; 1978 A Field Guide to the Nests, Eggs, and Nestlings of North American Birds; 1923 Speedwriting Shorthand Dictionary; 1936 Standard Postage & Stamp Catalog; 2014 Audubon magazine |
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| "Wheel of Fortune" 2013 5x7 on recycled canvas board Paper collage with décollage and mixed media (mica splits, dye ink, gesso) Papers: Contemporary nature magazines, 1966 Birds of North America, 1960s Sears archery target, 1947 Coronet magazine |
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| "Gold and Gold" 2013 5 x 7 on recycled canvas board Paper collage with mixed media (direct-to-paper gel transfers, pencil, mica splits) Papers: 1900 Sears, Roebuck & Co. catalog; 1926 Progressive Tailor magazine; 1961 1" Map of Great Britain-Coventry & Rugby; 1964 My Second Pictionary, 2000 The Guardian newspaper |
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| "Elkhorn Slough" 2014 5 x 7 on canvas board sold Paper collage with décollage and mixed media (direct-paper-to-paper gel ink transfers, mica splits, old book binding, dye ink, chalk, pencil, beeswax finish) Papers: 1949 How To Know The Birds; 1923 Speedwriting Shorthand Dictionary; 1936 Standard Postage & Stamps Catalog; vintage Sears catalog; 1930s receipt; 1978 A Field Guide to the Nests, Eggs, and Nestlings of North American Birds |
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| "First Day Nervous" 2014 4 x 6 on recycled canvas board Paper collage with décollage Papers: 1926 Progressive Tailor magazine, 1960s Sears archery target, 1947 Coronet magazine, 1930 McCalls magazine, Simplicity sewing pattern, 1957 Look magazine, 1953 More in Anger |
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| "Notice How Bright" 2014 5 x 7 on recycled canvas board Paper collage with décollage Papers: 1926 Progressive Tailor magazine, 1960s Sears archery target, 1947 Coronet magazine, 1930 McCalls magazine, contemporary magazines |
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| "There Is No Them" 2014 5x7 on canvas board Paper collage with décollage and mixed media (direct-paper-to-paper gel ink transfers, tape transfer, mica splits, dye ink, chalk, pencil) Papers: 1972 Understanding Your Body; 1961 One-Inch Map of Great Britain-Coventry & Rugby; 1952 receipt; ephemera |
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| "Bearing False Witness" 2014 5x7 on recycled canvas board sold Paper collage with décollage and mixed media (direct-paper-to-paper gel ink transfers, dye ink, chalk, vintage papers, tissue sewing patterns) |
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| “Dirty Bird #1” 2014 5x7 on canvas board nfs Collage with décollage and mixed media (vintage and contemporary papers, direct-paper-to-paper gel ink transfers, acetone transfer, mica splits, charcoal, dye ink, chalk, beeswax) |
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| “Dirty Bird #2” 2014 nfs 5x7 on canvas board Collage with décollage and mixed media (vintage and contemporary papers, sewing tissue, direct-paper-to-paper gel ink transfers, acetone transfer, mica splits, charcoal, dye ink, chalk, beeswax) |
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| "New World Order" 2011 5 x 7 on canvas board sold Woman, rats, and text strip from 1897 Ideal Fairy Tales; gel transfer of vintage photo; 1924 newspaper; dye inks; old lace |
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| "Memory Man" 2014 sold 5x7 on recycled canvas board Paper collage with décollage and mixed media (direct-to-paper gel ink transfer, mica, White-Out, chalk) Papers: 1972 Understanding Your Body; 1947 Coronet magazine; 1964 Official Guide to the NY World's Fair; various magazine pages |
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| “Dirty Bird #3” 2014 nfs 5x7 on canvas board Collage with décollage and mixed media (vintage and contemporary papers, sewing tissue, direct-paper-to-paper gel ink transfers, acetone transfer, mica splits, charcoal, dye ink, chalk, beeswax) |
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| "Bird in Snowglobe" 2014 8x10 on recycled canvas board Paper collage with décollage with direct-to-paper gel ink transfer, chalk, dye ink, and mica splits Papers: 1837 Journal des Demoiselles; 1986 The Birds Around Us; various magazines 1990s onward |
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| "Jeff the RV Guy, a True Story" 2014 5x7 on recycled canvas board Mixed media collage with décollage, gel transfer, chalk, dye ink, mica split (windshield) |
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| “Dirty Bird #4” 2014 nfs 5x7 on canvas board Collage with décollage and mixed media (vintage and contemporary papers, sewing tissue, direct-paper-to-paper gel ink transfers, acetone transfer, mica splits, charcoal, dye ink, chalk, beeswax) |
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| "You've Changed" #2/5 Blacks and Blues series, 2014 5x7 collage on recycled canvas board with vintage rubber stamp/pigment ink nfs Papers: Hand-transposed sheet music 1960s, Journal des Demoiselles 1837, McCalls magazine 1930, Irving Berlin Songbook 1944, Progressive Tailor magazine 1926, ephemera |
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| "It's Obvious" #3/5 Blacks and Blues series, 2014 5x7 collage on recycled canvas board with vintage rubber stamp/pigment ink Hand-transposed sheet music 1960s, Journal des Demoiselles 1837, McCalls magazine 1930, More in Anger 1953, Anthropologie soap wrapper, San Francisco tourist map, Practical Handyman's Encyclopedia 1960s, ephemera |
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| "Turning and Boring" #4/5 Blacks and Blues, 2014 5x7 collage on recycled canvas board with vintage rubber stamp/pigment ink Papers: Hand-transposed sheet music 1960s, Journal des Demoiselles 1837, McCalls magazine 1930, More in Anger 1953, Practical Handyman's Encyclopedia 1960s, ephemera |
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| "Bow Before the Truth" #5/5 Blacks and Blues series, 2014 nfs 8x10 collage with mixed media on recycled canvas board (papers, molding paste, direct-to-paper gel ink transfer, packing-tape transfer, pencil, Micron, vintage looseleaf paper reinforcers) Papers: 1930 McCalls magazine; 1958 More in Anger; 1837 Journal des Demoiselles; 1960s Practical Handyman's Encyclopedia; 1960s hand-transposed sheet music; 1960s Sears archery target; 1888 Julian's Interest Book |
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| "Madonna with Camera" 2013 sold Paper collage with décollage on 8 x 10 canvas board using pages from Look Magazine 1957, Progressive Tailor 1926, and The Speedwriting Shorthand Dictionary 1923. Painterly effects are from excavating the various paper layers and blending by hand |
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| "He Turned His Head Away" 2013 sold Paper collage with décollage and gel transfers, mica flakes, ball-point pen on canvas board, 8x10 Papers used: 1890 The Chatterwell Stories; 1923 Speedwriting Shorthand Dictionary; 1947 Coronet magazine; 1953 The Growing Year; 1957 Look magazine |
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| "Sight and Sound" 2013 sold Paper collage with décollage on 5x7 canvas board using pages from Look Magazine 1957, Sears Catalog 1930, and 1990s Japanese magazines. Blended painterly effects are from excavating the various paper layers by hand, which results in ink transfers from the paper to the new ground. |
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| "The Story of the Cow Bell" 2013 sold Paper décollage with ball-point pen, acrylics, dye inks, mica splits, on 5x7 canvas board Papers: 1837 Journal des Demoiselles, 1892 Mitchell’s Intermediate Geography of Pennsylvania; 1935 Texaco receipt; 1947 Coronet magazine; 1949 How To Know the Birds; 1953 The Growing Year; 1978 Field Guide to the Nests, Eggs, and Nestlings of North American Birds |
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| "The Growing Year" 2013 Paper collage with décollage featuring the iconic dancing Yosemite couple, a vintage volleyball team peering out from under the excavation, old sheet music and other papers, parts of an old "Build Your Own Brooklyn Bridge" cardboard playset, and a wisp of dye ink. 8 x 10 on canvas board. |
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| "Oh! Oh." 2013 sold Paper collage with décollage, sewing paper, and dye inks on recycled canvas board, 8x10 Papers used: 1937 Look magazine; 1957 Look magazine; 1960s Sears Roebuck target; 1961 Mechanix Illustrated How-To-Do-It Encyclopedia; 1965 The Practical Handyman's Encyclopedia; various vintage texts |
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| "The Uprising" 2013 sold Paper collage with décollage, gel image transfer, and pencil. Beeswax finish. On 5 x 7 canvas board |
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| "Blind Perfectionist" 2012 sold Paper collage with décollage and in-place acrylic-gel transfers on 8 x 10 canvas board with pencil and marker Papers: 1930s sales receipt; 1923 Speedwriting Shortland Dictionary; 1978 A Field Guide to the Nests, Eggs, and Nestlings of North American Birds; Irving Berlin Songbook; and other papers 1800s - 1980 |
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| "Hope On" 2012 sold Paper collage with décollage and in-place acrylic-gel transfers on 5 x 7canvas board with vintage papers |
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"Secret Keepers of the Land" 2013
Paper collage w/décollage, old photo, tissue papers, tape transfers, charcoal, dye ink, and mica chips on canvas board, 4x6
Papers used: 1957 Wines and Spirits; 1978 Field Guide to the Nests, Eggs, and Nestlings of North American Birds; 1892 Children's Rights (Kate Douglas Wiggins); vintage children's music
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