Collages and other odd ends
Scrap
Apart from my sketch books I like to use materials that had had another life. Packaging materials, old course notes, canvases that someone threw for garbage (Go for a walk the days before bulky waste pick-up and one might get a canvas or four).
Anyway, more than anywhere else in my collages I use of items that should have seen the inside of a bin. Giving them a new life as art.
Blue Dog
When is something a painting with some objects attached? And when does it become a collage?
An early version of the blue dog.
⚪ 15 cm x 10 cm; Acrylics and stars on fiberboard
122, 3v
Old bits and bobs present in my flat when I moved in.
🔴 40 cm x 32 cm (Plate); Wooden plate with various objects
Data Science
🔴 ca 40 cm x 30 cm; Fiberboard with paper
Rugbrødsarbejde
A not so nationalistic national symbol made of clips from mostly (rye)bread (aka black bread) bags.
For some to me unbeknownst reason I put the clips from the bread bags in a jar. Then one day the reason became apparent
🔴 40 cm x 30 cm; Fiberboard with acrylics and clips
With only one colour you cannot see
A collection of mostly red items/cut-outs
⚪ 30 cm x 42 cm; Acrylics, paper and plastics on and around fiberboard
I am a f***ing mess inside… I’m fine
🔴 37 cm x 37 cm; Two wine boxes with various items
Skuffer
Drawn out dissapointment
⚪ 22 cm x 22 cm; Fiberboard, acrylics, and drawer handles
Wanderlust
In the middle of the pandemic I found a tourist map of Amsterdam
🔴 26 cm x 34 cm; Fiberboard, acrylics, paper, and tape
Christmas Cards
I reality I am not a great fan of Christmas. It is loud, commericalised, shallow as many a reality star. You are supposed to be happy also when you aren’t. But tradition prescribes.
That said, I like making Christmas cards and decorations. The quieter pace and the creative elements are what attracts me.
Christmas card
🔴 20 cm x 15 cm; Collage on cardboard
Christmas card
Blød tekst
🔴 10.5 cm x 14.5 cm; Acrylics on paper