Tomaselli's ecstasy

Tomaselli's collages are definitely big scale works of collecting.

I wish I could of seen this exhibit! Meanwhile we all get to watch him explain his process in this exquisite video of him preparing his ecstasy exhibit.



Fred Tomaselli encapsulates his collages in epoxy resin. As he says: " to encapsulate and stabilize ephemera with a seductive finish used for vehicles that transport you to other places." That is true respect and understanding of the resin medium.

Resin is a must try techique on my short list in the coming months. I will refer to this how to video ( and this one ) when I will be ready to get my hands sticky!

Tomaselli paints over his resin layer. With what? acrylic paints? anybody knows?

Here's a close-up of one of Fred's paint work over resin and collage.

Milhazes acrylic paint collage technique

Fabulous work by brazilian artist Milhazes shows us in this video how she does her acrylic paint transfers.
I had a try at this amazingly simple technique this summer. It works! Now lets see when and especially on what will I use this technique?
Meanwhile enjoy the warmth of Beatriz Milhazes at work in her studio in Rio.

Contact paper in mixed media

After trying-out a transfer technique with contact paper*. I set-out to do 2 mixed media collage pieces with the intention of being true to the value of sensitivity.

* It's got to be the easiest transfer technique. It got me thinking in a whole diferent way about the use of contact paper ( the stuff anciently used by uber housewives to line their kitchen drawers ). The large beige cut-out shapes in these 2 pieces were cut-out from faux wood contact paper.

Anatomy 3, mixed media on masonite (18 x 20 inches)

Anatomy b2, mixed media on masonite (18 x 20 inches)

Collage

Today I was inspired by this collage video featuring the work of Michelle Caplan


I am presently working on 4 small 12 x 12 inch collages to go in our freshly painted mudroom bathroom.Here they are on my workspace shelves.

Videos that spark your creativity

My best friend Huguette and I can attest to the creative boost that Rex Ray's video gave us earlier this year. It got us doing art again . My favorite part of this video is when Rex talks about how he worked with a creative mind - turning off his critical voices.



Rex Ray has a series called resin panels . I always wondered how complex this technique was so I did a little search on youtube to see what videos were out there to help out. (epoxy resin art show, finishing your work with epoxy resin )

Two great pictures from last February San Francisco exhibition installation via fabulous whorange . I just love that one of Rex with his work.