Ensemble #9, Portuga Collage

Portuga, #9 of the Ensembles series, consists of cutting up the past, parts taken from my existing works from the past, fragmenting previous works from over the years and reassembling them back together again, allowing them to speak and have their own dialog. Each fragmented piece is finely pinned to board, instinctually finding its way among the other pieces creating a dialog among themselves. This dialog took over and possessed me, in a way. What I found was the pieces––what were formally depictions fraught with realism––were now being repurposed and used for their abstract contributions the the larger whole. The value, color texture of each cutout piece, previously extracted without bias from of an existing realist painting, was now finding its place among a more abstract conversation. What I ended up with was a complete surprise, as if the piece was speaking to me, telling me what it wanted to be. The process defined itself through loosely defined parameters, creating a single final statement.

Collage:Paper on Other

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:45 W x 55 H x 1.7 D in

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