These collages are made from acrylic paint and pages from Architecture Digest and Dwell. Looking at the original magazines I was struck by the impersonality of the luxurious rooms. With a mixture of desire and disgust I have added gestural paint marks-- both blocking out parts of the image below and putting my own mark on the image.
Jewel Pool, 2008, Mixed media collage, 8.5 x 11 inchesLil' Dog, 2008, Mixed media collage, 8.5 x 11 inchesInhabit, 2009, Acrylic paint and magazine collage, 12 x 13 3/4 inchesMy House, 2009, Acrylic paint and magazine collage, 8 1/2 x 6 1/4 inchesSet Table, 2009, Acrylic paint and magazine collage,7 1/2 x 11 inchesMirror Room, 2009, Acrylic paint and magazine collage,16 3/4 x 11 inchesKitchen Garden, 2009, Acrylic paint and magazine collage, 10 1/2 x 10 1/2 inchesFinishing Touch, 2009, Acrylic paint and magazine collage, 9 1/4 x 11 3/4 inchesFloor Space, 2009, Acrylic paint and magazine collage, 9 1/4 x 8 3/4 inchesAlmost Nothing, 2009, Acrylic paint and magazine collage, 11 3/4 x 18 inchesCurved Room, 2009, Acrylic paint and magazine collage, 11 3/4 x 17 1/2 inchesBeach House, 2009, Acrylic paint and magazine collage, 6 1/4 x 10 1/2 inchesAt Home, 2009, Acrylic paint and magazine collage, 19 x 11 inchesUntitled, 2008, Collage, 16.5 x 11 inchesUntitled, 2008, Collage, 15 x 11.5 inchesUntitled, 2008, Collage, 23.5 x 18 inches
Lil' Dog
