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Here’s the second piece I completed in my new landscape/cityscape series. I’ll try to do a few D.C. monuments/memorials as well.
The U.S. Capitol by Night
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Urban Sunsets
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Here’s the first collage I’ve done for my new scapes series. I’m planning to create twenty new collages in all, which will be inspired by D.C./Northern Virginia area sights. Once the series is complete, I’ll display the work in an exhibit next year.
“Urban Sunsets” is inspired by D.C. sunsets, with an office-building skyline. More scenes to come soon…
Scarlet Macaw
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And the collage is complete! Next up? A landscape/cityscape series inspired by scenes around DC and neighboring areas. My goal is to complete one collage each week so I’ll be able to finish a new body of work in time for a solo show in February 2013. I’ve got quite a bit of collaging ahead of me…
Red Ruffed Lemur
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Lemurs are such unusual critters. I just love their eyes – they always look somewhat cartoonish. And I had a lot of fun putting this piece together.
Lately, a lot of my animal collages have been in the larger size I work in – 18″x24.” I decided that I really needed to create a series of bigger animal collages. It helps if you have a variety of sizes to pull from when working on an inventory for an upcoming exhibit.
Turtle that thinks she’s a Giraffe
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Here’s the finished collage! I really enjoyed collaging her shell – I used quite a mix of texture for it. And with the background I wanted to make it look somewhat abstract and out of focus so that you could hone in more on the actual turtle.
Lipstick Lizard
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And the collage is finished! The lizard that inspired this collage lives at the National Zoo, and I noticed that its skin was a little pink around its lips. Thus the way it looked inspired the title.
And now I’m off to work on a turtle piece. The photos will be posted shortly.
The Jellyfish Club
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And it’s done…for now. I might revisit this one in the next few weeks. But in the meantime, I need to move forward and complete the rest of the critter collages in time for my July and August exhibits. Busy, busy!
Toucan
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So the finished composition turned out a bit simpler than an earlier toucan collage that I completed a couple years ago. I seem to do quite a few bird collages. I think it’s because different bird species can be really colorful and are thus more interesting to use as subjects in my work. Anyway, I’m off to get started on a new lemur piece…
Watchful Lion
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Here’s the finished lion – you can see I added a lot of texture to his mane and reshaped his face a bit. He was inspired by another trip to the National Zoo. I’m lucky to live so close to the Smithsonian museums/zoo – I can always find something there that inspires me for future works of art. I should probably swing by some of the museums sometime soon – I have a tendency of spending most of my time at the National Zoo when places like the Natural History Museum also have a variety of exhibits that are useful references for animal collages. Anyway, I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend! I’m off to enjoy the sunshine!
Tranquil Plains
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To change things up a bit – since I’ve been working on so many animal collages – I decided to put together a landscape piece. In the next couple of weeks I should probably get started on a new series of landscape pieces. I have a solo show next year where I’d like to exhibit landscape and cityscape collages of various sights around the DC area. And since landscape isn’t an easy subject for me to tackle, because I’m more interested in figures and animals, it will be quite a challenge. Thus I figure it’s better to get started early on that project so I can ensure that all the artwork is a consistent quality for the show.