Collage Pieces Newly Posted
As I continue to build the website gallery and shop, I am posting three pieces that are available in the Collage Section of the Shop. These are a combination of collage and acrylic painting. All of them are on 2” thick cradle boards.
My work is a series of decisions that are taken one at a time. I make one decision and add something (or edit out something) and then take a look at what happened to the overall piece. Only once I have seen how the piece has changed can I decide what it needs. It’s a bit like cooking at times. Does this need salt, spice or a bit of butter to make it yummy? Except it’s more like does this need collage, pattern or a line to make it balanced?
You can visit my shop by following this link:
https://www.claudelarsonart.com/shop/collage
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Seeing Red 9” X 12” X2”
Seeing Red Side View
Circle Play 8” X 8” X2”
Circle Play Side View
What’s on the Inside? 6” X 6” X 2”
What’s on the Inside Side View
Never underestimate your ability
I wanted to build a website. That’s a really straightforward goal these days. Some people will go so far as to say that if you aren’t on the Internet, you don’t exist. I had a lot of companies offer to do it for me and the price range was wide! I decided instead to trust in my ability to problem solve and read and research and focus.
If you want to pay the nice people who will do it for you because you just don’t want to, then you should. But, I’m here to tell you that you can probably do a lot of it yourself. Sure, you’ll have to watch some video tutorials and you’ll click a bunch of stuff for a while before anything makes sense. But little by little, I build a website. It probably has some little typos or issues - but the beauty of that is now I know how to correct them. If someone else had done it for me, I’d be really lost. And possibly paying them to continue to help me.
I feel like building a website is a lot like creating my art. I start with the basics - fabric, paper, canvas, paint, tools and then I do stuff little by little until the artwork appears. It’s not an easy process but, as I go I learn stuff. I use what I’ve learned to help me solve problems later and I don’t get worked up over little things that need correcting later.
For today, apply this to your tasks. Before you ask anyone to help you do something, read up, watch a helpful video or just fiddle around until something works. You have great ability - and the more often you use it the greater it is. However, the more often you let someone else solve your problems, the less likely you will be to solve them yourself.
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Every ending is actually a beginning…
I’ve been blogging my art process and experiments for quite a while. Now, as I start my website, you can visit my older blog posts by clicking the button below. Going forward, I will be posting right here in one convenient place so you can find everything you want or need with just a couple clicks. Thanks for following along with me!