I wanted to post a few photos from the Used: mixed media, recycled show on view at the Art Students League of Denver through February 24th. My collage, Tendril, is included and is on far right of large group image. The show is anchored on the first floor in the front by Tim Flynn's kinetic "Hurdy Gurdy" and in the rear by Jerry Dokken's amusing three-sided, painted installation on cardboard of iconic art figures recycling trash. One of the recyclers, Van Gogh, is shown here.For some reason, I was more taken with the 3-D pieces in the show than the 2-D... Maybe because the variety of work on the walls was so diverse and the 3-D pieces were more isolated and a bit easier to appreciate. Perhaps the 3D work speaks louder of the theme as well.Anyway, I was pleased to be included since my compositional elements are entirely reused/recycled with the exception of the underlying supports for the work.
Found Art
Tidal Discovery
in Found Art
Found Sculpture
in Found Art
Walking the beach on the Salishan spit, near Lincoln City, Oregon, I saw this bleached basket-like form composed mostly of a tree root, silhouetted against the sky and surf. The beach has lots of weathered wood washed up on it... Beautiful shapes and textures abound. A great day on the Oregon coast!
Found Collage
in Found Art
Photo from a poster and tape-covered pole just off the Indiana University campus in Bloomington. I took several really fun images, cropping in camera, to get compositions that I liked. The layers of tape are unusual in my experience -- typically I encounter staples. But the layers of tape catch the light in an interesting way.