Art I'm Making: Untitled Collage No. 284

Here's another fairly recent collage. This is the last in a string of pieces I did over this past summer that incorporate bits of a couple of sheets of pseudo-calligraphy I had made earlier in the year. This is Untitled Collage No. 284 (Santa Rosa). August 1, 2023. Acrylic on paper, acrylic monotype, collage. Image size 19.4cm x 10.5cm (7.5in x 4.1in). Matted to 14 x 11 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, see my website at http://ctalcroft.wix.com/collage-site/.

If you're in the Northern California area, some of my work will appear in "Paper's Edge" a show of collage and mixed media work at Hammerfriar Gallery, in Healdsburg, CA, from February 24 (opening reception 3-6PM) through May 11. I'll be doing a live demonstration of my collage process at the gallery on Saturday, April 13. See you there!

 

Art I'm Making: Untitled Collage No. 278 (Santa Rosa)

In the early part of this year, I made seven or eight collages using my usual handmade monotypes but also several sheets I had made by just painting with black paint on paper, mimicking calligraphy, although this was asemic writing – that is, gibberish; I was simply using the brush as if writing characters, drawing on my informal study of Japanese calligraphy (I lived in Japan 19 years). Here's another in that group of collages.

This is Untitled Collage No. 278 (Santa Rosa). Completed March 22, 2023. Acrylic on paper, acrylic monotype, collage. Image size: 12.4cm x 10.7cm (8.4in x 4.2in). Signed on the mat. Signed and dated on the reverse.

Click on the image for a larger view. For more of my abstract monotype collages, visit my website http://ctalcroft.wix.com/collage-site/.

Art I'm Making: Untitled Collage No. 277 (Santa Rosa)

There was a lot going on for me in the first part of 2023. I completed a collage in early December of 2022 but didn't complete another until March of this year. This is Untitled Collage No. 277 (Santa Rosa). It is the first of about eight pieces I did in the first half of the year using papers I made drawing on my experience with calligraphy. Completed March 21, 2023. Acrylic on paper, acrylic monotype, found paper, collage. Image size: 15.3cm x 12.4cm (6.0in x 4.9in). Signed on the mat. Signed and dated on the reverse. This piece recently sold to a private collector.

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/

Art I'm Looking At: Sherrie Lovler on The Art Wall at Shige Sushi (October 30 through December 30, 2018)

I'm pleased to announce the next show on the Art Wall at Shige Sushi. We'll be showing paintings by Sherrie Lovler, known for her poetry as well as for her work inspired by the Western calligraphic tradition. Opening reception will be Monday, November 5 (5:00PM to 7:00PM). Sherrie will do a poetry reading and give a short art talk at 6:00PM, but come early to enjoy the work, have a glass of wine, and meet the artist.