Spent a chunk of September “painting in papers” while in the Les Cheneaux Islands. This recent method of pasting collage ingredients over a crude charcoal sketch really started to grow on me.
Here is an interim stage of completion for “Up the Channel.” The water foreground needs to be finished and softened. The shoreline can benefit from a few more details. Please stand by for the final version!
“The only thing that you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library.”
— Albert Einstein
If you want to make something happen, ask a librarian. Diane Dehoney is one of the best! Bringing our enjoyable collaboration at Paul Sawyier Public Library to a successful close was not my favorite part of having a show there. Heartfelt thanks to everybody in Frankfort.
LITTER-ALLY KENTUCKY is back in storage, but I want to send it on the road again for more to see. If you know a good location for it in 2025, please let me know!
“The first step is always to succeed in becoming surprised.”
— David Gelernter
I still find it rewarding to work very small, and to have an image of the finished miniature appear to be a larger-scale original. Yes, I know. It doesn’t take much to entertain a collage artist in the studio.
Mirthiness
collage on book cover by J A Dixon
7 x 5 inches
available for purchase
My sincere thanks to Brett Smith and Diane Dehoney for bringing this media coverage to YouTube and for promoting the show at Paul Sawyier Public Library. My collage landscapes infused with litter are on display in Frankfort for three more weeks.