14.12.24
COLLAGE BATTLE
posted by KATHY FLAMENTAn artist friend of mine, Theresa Knight-McFadden, has recently created a series of collages that are faces of women. These collages are a departure from both the ceramics and paintings I have known her to do. I wanted a departure, too. We agreed on completing 100 collages between the two of us, so I wanted a theme that would carry me through to 50. What could be better than doubling the alphabet? My mental health has always been a concern for me. The pandemic made my physical life smaller and my emotional life, too. This series of collages (some have grown into mixed media because I have enhanced shapes with watercolor pastels or have literally painted over what I have pasted down) has helped my reconnect with how I am feeling and perhaps how you are too. Kathy