Introducing "Friday Collage"

Once a week, I post a digital collage on Facebook. These are created using images of ephemera, books, paper and sometimes photographs. They are good exercises in composition and creating content in art but mostly I just try and have fun. Here's a sample featuring the piece from last Friday.

It's been awhile ...

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I'd almost forgot about this blog space so let's see what I can do to revive my blogging career. Let's start with highlights from recent museum visits out in L.A. where I'm proud to say I survived traversing the clogged, smogged up freeways in my quest to see some art. And it was worth the effort.
Look for more West Coast art samples in future posts.

A few sheep.

Saenredam, one of my favorite artists.



Green Paper challenge October 2012

For this month's Green Paper blog challenge, I used elements from Mary's chosen pieces to create this digital collage. I've also posted the originals so you can see what elements I chose to use, color from one to create a frame and text from the other two pieces.

And here are the challenge pieces:



I used only small portions of two of the pieces of ephemera but they were crucial to the finished collage.

September Green Paper challenge

I've produced another digital collage for Mary Green's September challenge featuring a fall school theme. It's always interesting working with imagery I might not otherwise have put together. Here, I've combined a variety of pieces from my stash to create a background for Mary's ephemera.

Green Paper Challenge

Green Paper challenge is back and here is my entry for August 2012. Its a digital collage featuring Mary's ephemera as well as some favorite elements from my file stash.

Collage

Current art projects include this piece (detail above), featuring a vintage paper ephemera collaged background, handmade papers and two bird altars. It's been one of those projects where the main elements came together quickly but its taking longer to decide what little bits need further work.

Summer

Quiet days by the lake are the essence of summer vacations. When its cold and rainy or hot and sticky, just conjure up this mental picture and relax.

Green Paper blog challenge piece

This is the piece I created for the March 2012 challenge on the Green Paper blog. I pulled together elements from the 3 images we were given to produce a digital collage. Though I initially wasn't sure how to create a relationship between them, once I started putting things together, a story-line took shape. Thanks to the Green Paper blogger for another fun opportunity.

Well I haven't been very good at following up with the blog after my initial try out with this medium but I still have hopes of turning it into something more fruitful. I post digital collages on Facebook every week so I'll pass along a little sample from that venue. Enjoy!

Fall has arrived

Our unusually cool September has inspired me to give the house its fall makeover so I can begin to enjoy my favorite season, even though the colors outdoors aren't quite ready.

Green Paper challenge

For the September Green Paper challenge, I combined elements from Mary's vintage papers to create a digital collage that captures a strong and determined young woman who has set out to conquer the world. Go girl!

Very cool book

We recently added to our collection at the library a copy of Minnesota in 3D published by Voyageur Press and I just wanted to share it with you. It is very, very cool and a must have for Minnesotans who like their history.

Friday collage

It's time for my first real post and, true to the spirit of this spot, I'll begin with a collage. I love the combo of high-tech digital manipulation and vintage imagery. Once you learn a few basics, its a great format for playing with themes, testing your skills in composition and generating ideas. So, here you have it, the Friday collage.

This isn't perhaps my best effort to date but I loved the gothic background and wanted to try and pair it with some text.

Welcome

Artful spaces is home to an eclectic mix of images and ideas. Stay tuned to see what develops.