Collage # 1 ( Young Italian Harp Player, circa 1900) Collage

This collage artwork is part of a series begun in late 2017, and that is still on-going. Unlike some contemporary collage artists my works in this genre do not attempt to convey any kind social or political message. My aim is simply to create pasted paper artworks that are visually pleasant and imaginative assemblages. My influences in this genre are the first collage artists of the early 20th century like Picasso, Braque, Juan Gris, Kurt Schwitters and contemporary artists like Cecil Touchon. This collage work is 12x16 inches (30.5 cm x 40.cm) . It is made up of torn found papers, old writing and old photograph pasted onto watercolour paper attempting to evoke a sense of nostalgia and the past. The peculiar imagery conveyed by this Collage is bound to attract the curious attention of any viewer. And once appropriately Matted and/or Framed by the Buyer, it will be suitable to hang anywhere either by itself or among other artworks.