Dream come True - one of a kind Collage

Images of Charles Atlas cut from 1950’s men's magazine “Blighty” that have been coloured with paint pens to deliberately blur the lines between the tough guy and the body beautiful. In the 1950’s the LGBT movement did not exist, and the law tolerated only heterosexual relationships. This piece is a celebration of the artist’s LGBT friends and their struggle to find love and understanding in a society that still too often stereotypes and categorizes people. The process to achieve the final pieces is a long journey from the original idea searching through 1950's magazines to find the source material to build a collage of words and images. The collages are then hand painted with wash and paint pens to add colour and detail imitating the original feel of printed magazines. The finished collages are enlarged onto fine art paper. The final but most labour intensive of the process is adding the thousands of crystals, gold and silver leaf, lacquer and metallic paint. The strength of the message is important but Elizabeth has still created art that is pleasurable to look at with obsessive attention to detail and perfect execution. Elizabeth is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Artists and a Royal Academy Exhibitor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZsv6dYaBog

Collage:Collage on Paper

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:26 W x 37.5 H x 0.2 D in

Delivery Time:Typically 5-7 business days for domestic shipments, 10-14 business days for international shipments.