Collage

These collages are from a class I took at Wayne State University in 2005 during my course of studies for my master's degree in art education. I had never really done collage before, and I really enjoyed it. The instructor was Jim Brown, who was also my thesis adviser, chair of the department, and an all-around pretty groovy guy.

The first three pieces are "integrated collages", meaning that they involve a combination of collage and painting. Self-portrait, and my two sons.


Rick


Jesse


Jonathan
Jon cut the end of his finger off in an accident with the band saw at work while cutting some meat. OUCH!!! Really, it wasn't quite as bad as it looks-- I played it up a bit for dramatic effect-- but still... yikes! Fortunately, the surgeon did a great job, and you can hardly tell that anything happened (somehow, he still even has a fingernail), although his finger is a bit shorter than it used to be.


Untitled.
This one is made entirely from "prepared paper". I painted areas of color with acrylic on watercolor paper, and then cut out the shapes for the collage.


Golem
What to do with all those National Geographic magazines collecting dust? Cut them up and use them for a collage! As the sun rises, the golem slinks down an alley into the darkness of the early morning shadows. Perhaps this is a metaphor for the way that the consciousness of our dreams falls back into the darkness of our subconscious mind as we awake in the morning. Or, maybe it's just a golem.