Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Storytelling with Collage





Gentle readers....

I am so honored
to have been asked to
create a piece 
of art for 
this exquisite
new book...






Storytelling with Collage..
by 







I have long admired her blog, her work
and her beautiful world...
so I was thrilled when she asked me to contribute..







In the studio, 
 I pulled out lots of materials and then just allowed them to dictate the direction
and when I finished the piece..
I knew the story...








Book publications are so different from
magazine publications...
Generally, when I create and write for magazines,
I am creating for an audience of artists who will want
to try to duplicate or find inspiration from my work and words..
my creation is directed with the audience in mind..

A book publication on the other hand, gives me 
complete autonomy to create a piece of art
that that comes straight from my soul.. 







I used several antique pieces and I combined them  
using my Italian Collage technique..
so that the embossed Victorian scrap above melts 
perfectly into the background...

This piece inspired my
Patched and Torn series
that you can view
in the











I hope you will 
check out this new book...
as Roxanne has such gorgeous work
and photos, 
and there are so many projects...

you can order it on 










I am also in excellent company 
with many artists..
too many to name here...
having been asked to participate..


and now,
I am going to get a delicious glass of wine..
and I am going to 
read this book
cover
to cover...
because it is as you know,
my one weakness!



ciao, ciao!