Collage boot camp

Another wonderful weekend with Maureen Brouillette and a group of very talented artists.

This time Maureen did not have any mercy, she set the timer and we had only 30 minutes to come up with a creative idea and another 30 minutes to get to the point where the collage only needed some finishing touches. Again, and again... It may sound like no fun, but we had such a great time, we talked and laughed, Maureen answered our questions and her critique was priceless.

Here are my results from this workshop.

Photography gone wild with paint and collage

Last weekend, I participated in a Maureen Brouillette workshop. The moment I saw Maureen’s work it was love at first sight!  I saw her techniques as a perfect combination of photographs, collage and paint in a single art piece. That’s why when she announced a workshop I was the first in line to get there.  Whenever painting is involved, I find myself outside my comfort zone so I started this workshop with a degree of trepidation. However, this workshop was a pleasant exception.

We had such pleasant time learning creative details that I never would have envisioned.  Also, seeing such a master at work was worth a thousand “art how-to books.”

The original photo taken in Astoria, OR

The finished piece from the workshop, combining fragments of graffiti from PortlandOR, collage elements and the above image

Close up of a collage part



The word of wisdom

I don't know where you get your wisdom.

I found an endless source of wisdom in comics by Bill Watterson "Calvin and Hobbes". 

This is what I got so far, take a look.

Why isn't my life like a situation comedy?



Why aren't my conversations peppered with spontaneous witticisms?

Why don't my friends demonstrate heartfelt
concern for my well being when I have problems?

Why don't I have a bunch of friends with nothing better to do
but drop by and instigate wacky adventures?

I gotta get my life some writers.

God put me on this earth to accomplish a certain number of things.
Right now I am so far behind that I will never die.

-You can't just turn on creativity like a faucet. You have to be in the right mood.
- What mood is that?
- Last minute panic.