Original artwork description:

I am motivated by colour and love to make vibrant mixed media collages. I use many different materials including newsprint, magazine cuttings and sometimes textile fragments. I also collect and use items from travels (near and far) such as paper napkins, menus and flyers. However I make my own acrylic monoprints and these form the biggest part of the collages I make. The process is quite time consuming in trying to find the exact colour, shape and tone of paper or other material to use and If viewers feel cheered and uplifted by my work, then I feel I have achieved my aim.

The subject for this collage is harbours – one of my favourites. I love the jumble of fishing equipment, nets and boats set against the background of harbourside buildings. I selected the papers I wanted to use (from a vast collection) and then cut them into the shapes needed. The papers were then assembled to form a semi abstract composition and fixed to a large piece of mountboard. It is supplied in a white mount ready for framing.

Materials used:

Acrylic and Paper

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