Rosie after Arcimboldo, in collage

I just finished this collage, reprising the image of Rosie the Riveter, for a competition for a magazine cover.  The premise was to create a work reflecting 21st century women.  I took the iconic 1940s image of Rosie, used to recruit women to the munitions and military manufacturing industries, and using the assemblage of Arcimboldo from the 1560’s (for a modern touch), took to magazines with scissors for images of women to build a 21st century Rosie from, The result, on a sheet of paper 84 cm by 58 is seen above, and I think works nicely.

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Portrait of Karen 2

I took another photo of this portrait and thought it apt to note the use of forms within it and the use of overpatterning:

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Camelias in the garden

We put espaliered Camelias along the fence on guide wires at a previous house.  I took an element of  the Camelias on the wire and worked it up on the shaped canvas, using it as a field.

Why do I keep thinking of Omara Portunado of Beuna Vista Social Club singing Deux Camelias as I write this?

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Tidal River ink and wash

I am geting ready to go to Wilson’s Prom again next month and found an image of the mouth of Tidal river I did last year- lots of white space in it:

 

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