Collage! Cards and stuff

My recent visit to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond also brought another discovery.  I was quite taken by a portrait of Marian Anderson by Beauford Delaney, which I first saw on the cover of the VMFA magazine.  Here's a link to the VMFA blog with a nice piece on the portrait.

Marian entered my scan collection and this is the collage that emerged. I don't recall what sent me in the 'retro' direction, but once there, I just followed that retro vibe.

Marian Goes Retro collage - with attribution to Beauford Delaney

Birthdays are always fun because I like to make collage cards with my friends in mind.  Here's a couple recent ones.

Future Portents for Leslie

Book Man collage  for Perry

Mimi's Dance

At this point, most of my collages are digital, using found images, some of which are enhanced or altered. Occasionally, I still create traditional cut and paste collages.

Shoe Art @ Shoe-fiend, Galleries and more

Recently I received a lovely email from Paula McClelland in the UK.  She has a blog called 'shoe-fiend' and created a post about searching around for art shoes.  She found my Violet Shard shoe [one of my personal favorites!] and included in her it blog.  I loved to travel even if it's in cyberspace.  And I love that she included a link to Altered-e-art.com and took the time to send me an email as well.  Check out Paula's blog -  shoe-fiend.blogspot.com.uk

Had a great day in Richmond yesterday. Saw a terrific show at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

Tom Wesselmann - Pop Art and Beyond. Zing!

You can tell this is fun, but it is really gigantic -10'x16' - which quadruples the effect. It was quite a new thing to use advertising and product images in fine art.

Still Life #35

I had an image, as a card and poster, of this Wesselmann painting for years and years. It was great fun to turn a corner in the current show and there it was. Pop!

Bedroom Painting #7