A collection of compositions on 30 x 30 cm ( 12' x 12' ) canvas board.
Separate, lined up or as a mosaic.

30 x 30 / 12' x 12'

'Bill Boards' is a pop art inspired portrait series.

Each work in this series is an original unique artwork, with specific 'pop art' use of means of reproduction and techniques.

The portrait compositions are repeated in different colour compositions.

Techniques used are: paper collage-transfer and painting, resulting in a mixed media composition on canvas.

Materials are paper, acrylic paint, pastels and ink.

I like to use this technique for its typical vintage, worn aspect.

Bill Boards

'Les Regards' Series, are mixed media compositions on canvas.
The work is an enlargement of a brut collage on paper.
In these collages all images are from authentic vintage magazines.
The 'Regards' series is produced with techniques that make each composition unique and original.
The original collage is mirrored, enlarged and printed, then transferred onto canvas and finished with oil paint and pastels.
Torn paper is added to the composition, this paper is from French 'Illustration' Magazines dating 1914-1917.
The aged and worn paper adds to the nostalgic aspect of the portraits.

Les Regards

Collage Brut is a series of non polished paper on paper collages. It refers to 'Art Brut', "raw art" or "rough art".

In this series, vintage paper is roughly cut or torn, elements are loosely glued to worn sheet of paper.

This paper is from an old edition of 'Scenes from Shakespeare for the Youth', measuring  44,5 x 31,5 cm (17,5 inch x 12,5 inch).

Compositions in this series are built up with only one, two or maximum three elements.

The elements compliment or contrast each other, making the composition surreal.

The Collage Brut compositions come from the soul and aim to open questions and emotions for the viewer.

The artworks are varnished and signed on the back, delivered with a certificate of authenticity.

Collage Brut

Triptychs and Quadriptychs.

Each polyptych tells a short story but each artwork is unique on its own.

Three or four artworks, 13x13 cm each (5 x 5 inch), are signed, varnishes and framed in a natural wood frame 25 x 25 cm ( 10 x 10 inch )

The Polyptych Stories

The stories behind this series are sometimes dark and moody blue.


Dark Blue

Let's Face it

The 'Coloured Girls' series is a series of handmade collages each 30 x 30 cm, consisting of 2 elements, one black and white and one coloured. 

The black and white elements are coloured girls; photographies by Charles "Chuck" Stewart. 

His photo reportage 'Nus de Harlem' was printed in 1961, the images on these collages are from the original edition. Charles Stewart's nude models inspire innocence, melancholy and sadness. 

The collages either reinforce or contradict these inspirations.

A mosaic composition of 9 works from this series is available in white box frame.

Coloured Girls

A series of mixed media compositions on canvas.

Portraits

Mosaics of collages mounted with velcro on board and box framed.

Mosaics

40x40 cm Framed

Landscapes

3D Portraits

Retro Fantastic is a group show at the Dutch Design Hotel, Artemis in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Feb- June 2019.
For this show I worked on the theme of the fantastic 50s and 60s. Those were the days; the future was promising. From nowadays reality I look back to the rise of capitalism and consumerism with a nostalgic and critical eye.
In the series images of the good old days are set against a different reality.
Tales of hope and glory when men conquered space, science was the future, bombs were power games and plastic was fantastic.

Marian Williams