Art I'm Making: Untitled Collage No. 287 (Santa Rosa)

Here's a collage from last autumn. This is Untitled Collage No. 287 (Santa Rosa). September 25, 2023. Acrylic on paper, acrylic monotype, collage. Image size: 24.6cm x 11.4cm (9.7in x 4.5in). Matted to 20 x 16 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 collages, see my website at http://ctalcroft.wix.com/collage-site/

 

My book Colin Talcroft: Abstract Monotype Collage 2013–2023, published in February 2024 (ISBN: 979-8-218-37717-5) is available on the website.

Art I'm Making: Untitled Collage No. 268 (Santa Rosa)

A collage from last year (I'm still almost a year behind in posting new work, trying to get caught up). This one doesn't reproduce very well, so come see the original. I'll be doing Art Trails again this year (Art Trails is Sonoma County's premier open studios event and one of the oldest in the United States). This year, I'll be Studio 99. Dates are September 30 and October 1 and October 7 and 8. Studios are open from 10AM to 5PM on all four days.

This is Untitled Collage No. 268 (Santa Rosa). September 13, 2022. Acrylic on paper, acrylic monotype, collage. Image size: 37.6 x 20.4cm (14.8 x 11.0 inches). Matted to 24 x 20 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-based collage work, visit my website at http://ctalcroft.wix.com/collage-site/

Art I'm Making: Untitled Collage No. 258 (Benicia)

A very landscape-y image, this one. Not intentional, but it's hard not to see it as a landscape. It's also a very simple piece. My most complex collages can have as many as thirty or so separate paper elements (although 8-12 seems to be about average), but this one has only three, including the fragment contributed by artist Carl Heyward (the strip at top). This piece recently was exhibited in the juried 18th Annual Wabi Sabi show at the O'hanlon Center for the Arts in Mill Valley, CA.

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/.

Art I'm Making: Art Trails 2022

Art Trails, Sonoma County's premier juried open studios event, is approaching. More than 120 local artists, including me, will be opening their studios to the public over two upcoming weekends for the 2022 event. Studios will be open from 10:00AM to 5:00PM on September 24 and 25 and then again on October 1 and 2. If you're in the area, come by and see new work and see how I make the abstract monotype-based collages that are now my main artistic activity. This year, I'll be Studio 94. I look forward to making new friends and seeing old friends as well. Monotyping demonstrations on demand throughout the day. 

To preview some of my work, visit my website at: http://ctalcroft.wix.com/collage-site/

Art I'm Making: Recent (sort of) Work

It's already early 2021 and I’ve not posted any art work to this blog since June of last year. I've not been entirely idle, but I have been working at a very slow pace recently, having finished a total of only six pieces last year and I've posted only three of those pieces so far. In an attempt to start catching up, I post two pieces from July last year.

Below is Untitled Collage No. 221 (Santa Rosa). July 16, 2020. Acrylic on paper, acrylic monotype, graphite, collage. Image size: 34.4 x 25.3cm (13.5 x 9.3 inches). Matted to 24 x 20 inches. Signed on the mat. Signed and dated on reverse.

Above is Untitled Collage No. 222 (Santa Rosa). July 18, 2020. Acrylic on paper, acrylic monotype, collage. Image size: 10.7 x 14.3cm (4.2 x 5.6 inches). Matted to 11 x 14 inches. Signed on the mat. Signed and dated on reverse.

Click on the images for larger views. For more of my abstract monotype collage work, visit my website. https://ctalcroft.wixsite.com/collage-site