1997
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It has been common in recent decades for prominent artists to ‘find’ material in the output of lesser known artists and designers. We see photographs showing works by unnamed designers, and collages of all forms of popular media. I’ve chosen to pursue the same pattern... but in reverse. I’m using the title ‘Found Art’ as a double entendre rather than a pun. I made these collages from art I found in the works of great painters. But also, I used a found art technique in their creation. I develop an experience-space using technology and existing images. Then I go exploring in that space. When I find something that moves me, I lithify it as a digital collage and polish it into a finished work. Flower Child and Masquerade are each compositions from 3 sources. I explored a domain of images and transformations to find compositions that elicited a particular feeling. In Night Creatures and Orange Print I followed the same strategy but with only two sources and more subterfuge. I was surprised and pleased with the scope of what can be done with these techniques. In Chatterton’s Dream I tried less subterfuge and I’m still not sure how I feel about the result. Fab Wall, Imp and Tapestry are earlier works that brought me to this approach. They each incorporate the elements of found art and collage, and the technique of exploration and response.
 Night Creatures A collage of Found Art from The White Horse, Paul Gauguin Two Bathers, Auguste Renoir  Orange Print A collage of Found Art from Apple Basket, Paul Cezanne Apples and Oranges, Paul Cezanne  Chatterton’s Dream A collage of Found Art from At the Poppy Merchant’s, George Barbier Chatterton (1856), Henry Wallis  Tapestry Collage of digital art and Arthur Rackham |
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 Flower Child A collage of Found Art from Young Girl in a Green House, Berthe Morisot Woman Washing Hair, Edgar Degas After the Bath, Edgar Degas  Masquerade A collage of Found Art from Gabrielle in an Open Blouse, Auguste Renoir Woman Combing her Hair, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Ballerine, Edgar Degas  Fab Wall Collage of digital art and photo by Zhem Behr  Imp Collage of digital art, wood engraving and Arthur Rackham |
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