I was delighted to read today that one winner of my recent Art Giveaway square collage postcards has very generously blogged about my artwork in his own art and drawing blog – I do not feel worthy of such praise, but the kindness of his acknowledgement is most flattering. I urge anyone passing by to read his blog for the wealth of art-historical references and for the attention given to the process of drawing as both creative practice and theoretical discourse.
collage postcards, 2009
On another note, here is another of my intaglio collagraphs on canvas, titled according to my colour value rules (although i decided to add the ‘red’ afterwards).
havana [red], intaglio collagraph on canvas, 5″ x 5″ x 1.5″
I was inspired to pay a short visit to the website flickr to view some photographs of the crumbling decay of the city of havana – a place that I can only dream of visiting – but another example of how some rules of chance can lead us to see new things.
Lastly, I am endeavouring to be more rigorous with using the appropriate capitalisation and punctuation from now on…
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January 14th, 2010 - 10:11 pm
Many thanks for the recognition & recommendation of my blog & its contents, Jazz – much flattered & most appreciative.
Should also say how much I like the development of the ‘cubed’ collagraphs, they have such a marvellous object-quality to add the the surface textures.
The naming process is most intriguing too, & ‘Havana’ seems most approriate to the hot, spicy red & orange of this particular work, & also to the distressed surface of the city’s buildings & peeling facades, at least as seen in photographs.