I have been fairly prolific in my studio this month, playing around with collage and watercolour on recycled cardboard. My current favourite method of transferring an image onto cardboard is using a gel medium and then once it is dry, using water to absorb into the collage. It gives quite a ghostly effect and to me, it suggests alternative realities and possibilities.
This multiple dimensions effect is something I keep returning to again and again in my art practice. I like the idea that one can see and imagine a transformative process going on right before one’s eyes. Nothing is fixed but there is a continual ebb and flow and a kind of shimmering takes place. I add watercolour or acrylic paint to highlight, to deepen; to somehow contribute to this mysterious effect.
I am not quite sure what my next steps will be but I like the idea of trying different substances and powders in my efforts to create drifts and fluctuations.
