Beginnings

Today I started this collage grid in my sketchbook - it’s not yet finished. As I look at the kinds of work I like to do (I finally got my 2023 sketchbook pages into a gallery and I’m kind of up to date on instagram with final artworks of late), I realize that while I love to draw and paint, there’s something about collage that clicks for me. I love picking through paper, shapes and color and “finding” a whole new image. With that said, I want to up my collage game and find authentic, original epression. So that’s what I’m experimenting with. This is just the first layer.

Note: I am super inspired by two collage artists lately who I really admire for their original work (both very different): Luis Martin, “the “Art Engineer” on YouTube and Kevin Mercer, who I found on Pinterest—I watched this process video of his today. My art goal is to create my own collage style too.