Art I'm Making: Untitled Collage No. 145 (Santa Rosa)

My latest collage--another study in green with a few blue accents. This is Untitled Collage No. 145 (Santa Rosa). June 15, 2016. Acrylic on paper, acrylic monoprint, pastel. 21 x 20.8cm (8.25 x 8.2 inches).

Matted to 16 x 20 inches. Signed and dated on reverse. Signed on the mat.

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

Art I'm Making: Untitled Collage No. 144 (Santa Rosa)

A new collage. Not quite so new, but the most recent piece I've finished. Art-making has been on the back burner the past few weeks, pre-empted by a two-week trip interpreting for a Japanese film crew in the Grand Canyon and Monument Valley area and then an unusually busy work (translation) schedule.

This is Untitled Collage No. 144 (Santa Rosa). May 14, 2016. Acrylic on paper, acrylic monoprint, found paper (artist's trash), pastel, collage. 13.8 x 9.8 inches. Matted to 24 x 20 inches. Signed and dated on reverse. Signed on the mat. Click on the image for a larger view. For more of my collage work, visit my collage site at http://ctalcroft.wix.com/collage-site.

Art I'm Making: New Collages (January-February 2015)

Still trying to catch up with posting images of my most recent collage work, here are two recent pieces--Untitled Collage No. 87 (Santa Rosa) and Untitled Collage No. 88 (Santa Rosa). The first of these is nearly all in black and white--with just a little Prussian blue and a touch of red. The tiniest touch of color in just the right spot can transform a composition. It has the feel of a landscape, although entirely abstract in conception (acrylic on paper, acrylic monoprint, collage, 13.3 x 10.4cm, January 28, 2015).

Untitled Collage No. 88 (Santa Rosa) is a small, nearly square piece that uses a scrap of pastel-covered drawing paper I got from another artist (the rust-colored element) and incorporates a sliver of an engineering drawing.

Click on the images for a larger view. For more, use the Art I'm Making tab to the right or visit my collage website at http://ctalcroft.wix.com/collage-site/ (requires Flash Player). Come see my work in person during the Art at the Source open studios event, June 6 & 7 and June 13 & 14, 2015--at Studio 48, in Sebastopol