So the other night I went to my city’s art gallery. When I came home I was really inspired and had lots of artistic energy flowing inside so I painted 5 pieces that were okay but I wasn’t happy with any of them, so they wound up in the kitchen wastebasket. I dug them out on Saturday afternoon (couple of them got hit with coffee grinds but weren’t in bad condition. Point of information: I don’t normally dumpster/trash can dive). Anyway, I started cutting them into strips and then mounted the strips on a piece of card stock. What emerged is this piece.
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WOW! It is as if you really did paint three different pics and splice them together!!!
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Thanks, it was a unique experience!
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I’m so glad you saved them! Wonderful work, should we expect coffee and wine stains on the next piece?
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Perhaps! Thanks for the comment!
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recycled random art Fab!
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Thank you very much! It was such an enjoyable piece to work on.
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What a great way to save some pieces you weren’t thrilled with! It ended up turning out wonderfully! Great idea!
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Thanks Kayse! I tend to toss the pieces I’m not happy with, but inspiration took over and I tried something new.
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Very, very cool!
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Really appreciate that!
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I remember fishing cigarette butts out of the trash when I used to smoke…I lived in a five story walk up and if I ran out of cigarettes, I had to do that. Some were soaked in coffee grounds. Your post made me think of that. I like the resurrection of your frustration though! That’s what I like collage. It seems you have more control over the work by moving things around and pasting them down!
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That is an amusing story! I really enjoyed working on this piece. It just sort of came to me that I could try that and see what it would look like. I enjoyed fitting the pieces together and seeing the piece come to life.
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