Art I'm Making: Untitled Collage No. 294 (Santa Rosa)

Ahead of our Art Trails open studio event this year (October 19-20 and 26-27), here's a small collage from this spring. This is Untitled Collage No. 294 (Santa Rosa). May 15, 2024. Acrylic on paper, acrylic monotype, collage. Image size: 8.6cm x 13.1cm (3.4in x 5.2in). Matted to 11 x 14 inches. Signed on the mat. Signed and dated on the reverse.

Click on the image for a larger view. For more of my abstract monotype collage work, visit my website at http://ctalcroft.wix.com/collage-site/ or you can purchase my recently published book commemorating ten years of working in the collage medium – Colin Talcroft: Abstract Monotype Collage: 2103–2023 (ISBN 979-8-218-37717-5). Available on the website. 

In person, my work can be seen at Calabi Gallery in Santa Rosa, Hammerfriar Gallery in Healdsburg, and at the Ren Brown Collection in Bodega Bay. Or, you can visit me during Art Trails, Sonoma County's premier juried open studios event, which, and noted above, will be October 19–20 and October 26–27 this year. This year, I'll be Studio 40. Studios are open 10AM to 5PM all four days. Hope to see you in the studio!

Miscellaneous: Pesto

I harvested all the basil in the garden today and made pesto, a total of about 1.2kg of finished pesto (about 2.6 pounds). I see many recipes for pesto, but I think the traditional one is the only way to go. Real pesto should be made only from fresh basil, olive oil, pine nuts, garlic, and parmesan cheese. I know what's for dinner tonight.