Collage Art

When I create a collage, I move through five phases of my artistic process: Emotion, saturation, incubation, production and evaluation. Initially, my thoughts for a piece are emotional. I am inspired by a message and a concept. After the first phase, I move into saturation mode, which is where I explore the feelings I hope to communicate with the collage. Next is the incubation period. This can be a lengthier amount of time, because I keep the concept in the back of my mind while waiting for strong elements to identify themselves. These are ultimately the elements I most want to include in the collage. Once I have that breakthrough, I move into production, which can be a rather quick phase, unless obstacles come up. (And obstacles do come up. So I remain flexible during production, but not to the point of compromising my message.) Finally, after completing a collage, I can evaluate it, which often leads to personal reflection and new ideas.

You may come across one that speaks to you and you see the visual story I imagined while creating it.