velvet and gold brocade
hiding
not hiding her wild, black and white
face behind the ropes
of pink green brown imagined tropics
bonsai palm trees and an Indian
with no tipi
gold coins
just like the pelican she fed with blood
the life once hiding under her skirts
collage with gelli prints, images, dried leaf, cotton thread
Whether you call it mixed media or collage: what I make is what the work is asking. Sometimes it asks for a lot of pictures, or for colorful motives, for a watercolor background or a gelli print, sometimes I use stencils or words. Sometimes a color is.. Read more…