These pieces are not new but I just posted them, as prints, to my Etsy store, MysaArt.
A few years ago I wanted to work on some mixed media collages and canvas did not seem like the right medium, nor did paper really. I don't even remember if I checked with someone at the bike store or if I put out a request for large boxes and was contacted, but I ended up stopping at the bike store and picking up large boxes that bikes had been shipped in. I took these home and used my box cutter to create several workable pieces that would also fit into standard frames, mostly 16x20.
The results were a little bit crazy and chaotic looking but I didn't really feel this chaos as too far separate from something simple like cardboard or paper, or items that could easily decay. My favorite images of nature are the workings of decay and growth, usually the in-between seasons, because these factors are usually interdependent. I don't know how what I just said relates to my mixed media pieces, but it does. I am lacking for articulation today. I'll try better next time. I created several pieces, sold a few, and kept a couple that had precarious gluing. A couple that I kept are ones that are available as small prints on my Etsy shop. With matting and framing, they would become colorful small wall art, not too dinky in size. I have matted and framed small prints this way and prefer having this kind of variation in my decor... a few large paintings or wall items, and some small photographs or artworks. And variations of color too.
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