The Hills Are On Fire Collage by Nika P Silva

Collage: Paper, Fabric, Paint, Neon, Textile on Cardboard, Paper, Soft (Yarn, Cotton, Fabric).

Collage of acrylic on paper, colored paper, paper,
metallic, cotton and silk threads, silk and felt.

From my series "LA Dreaming": Paper-cut silhouettes from LA-based film and TV, and hand-drawn monotone insects indigenous to or otherwise found in California, are set against a backdrop of handmade papers from different parts of the world, and embellishments made of hand-embroidered silk.

This work is inspired by a new Californian firefly species found by Joshua Oliva in 2015, yet to be named.