I love collage art, and I watch a lot of collage content on Youtube. A couple of things catch my eye. One is that every popular collage artist I come across or collage artists on lists of accomplished artists has in common is doing paper collage. I am the only one I know doing digital collage the same way others do paper collage. I spend hours going through thousands of photographs, tech manuals, diaries, novels, screen shots, paintings, etc and cutting them up in Photoshop. I’m sure I’m not the only one doing what I do, but I’m the only one I have come across who is doing what I’m trying to do.
Secondly, my addiction to color is not the norm in the world of collage. Many are black and white or have very muted colors. The ones that have bright colors tend to be from the Pop Art era or trying to evoke that. I understand that a lot of people who do paper collage use retro images and historical images because there’s no copyright on them. But they lack color so often! I don’t like that retro look in my art. I want a modern look. I want color in many shades and tints. I don’t want to be limited to the thoughts and ideas of people from the 50s. Give me loud, screaming, real color.
Collage is so therapeutic. Looking at these images and documents makes my heart sing. Cutting them out is relaxing. I have shared a few of my simple collages below.
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