This is a 12 x 12" portion of a collage that I have been working on in response to a poem by Hilary DePolo. It is for a "Past Lives" show of art, and the poetry that inspired it, at the Curtis Arts and Humanities Center, opening in October. I was able to get away for a few days to Keystone, Colorado recently and I took my collage in progress with me. Here is a photo of my temporary studio near the picture windows of our room at the lodge, looking out on a mostly rainy day. 
What the photo doesn't show is the four tote-bags of magazines and papers I took along, plus a 36 x 18" panel and the smaller square panel. (The bellman got a kick out of it, and a nice tip to boot!) I have now finished both pieces, which will be attached to each other for the show. It was a nice change of pace to work from a room with a big view! Since we had rainy weather, it was perfect light and a hugely productive time. Thanks to my friend JP for the timely invitation to travel!
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Flight patterns
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On a flight to New York... and nobody is seated next to me so I have time and room to work on a collage constructed entirely from the Hemispheres in-flight magazine. I nearly always travel with a glue stick and burnishing tool. Since I don't have a sketchbook with me, I'm using a ripped out piece of the magazine as my support. I always wonder what the next traveller will think when they open the magazine and encounter such randomly placed holes! The photos show the collage in context of my travelling art studio and a detail from the collage -- high altitude creativity!
Another for the show
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A companion collage on wood panel, "Caught," (10 x 10 x 1") will also be shown at the Rocky Mountain Collage Society show. Details in previous post.
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The newly formed Rocky Mountain Collage Society is having their first annual members' show August 18 - September 5th at Mesa State College's Johnson Gallery in Grand Junction. Gayle Gerson contacted me about the show and graciously met me in Denver this past weekend to pick up my work and personally transfer it to Grand Junction. I'm pleased to be involved in the inaugural show. At left is "Undercurrent," one of the two pieces that I submitted. It is 10 x 10 x 1", collage on wood panel.