Instead of selling my music on this page - which you can buy via the band camp link, or contact me directly - I figured I'd offer you some of my collages.
I don't write and sing all day, sooner or later i need to make a picture... so here are some of my alternate worlds.
These are small universes I create using myriads of materials. I favour imagery that is iconic and mostly feminine.
They usually sell under the title Collage City.
These are all 10cm x 10cm. They sit inside snow frames (or you can just have the pic and frame it however you like).
They usually have a photo that I've taken as a background (not always) and then I cut tiny pictures and flowers and vintage postcards, and fabrics and glue and layer and layer until I'm satisfied. So there can be as many as 20 layers or as few as half a dozen. They are $75 each plus postage.
SAMANTHA looks back at 2021 with a certain disdain. I loved making her and her head dress. The cactus plants are hand coloured and came from a vintage gardening magazine given to me and Sammy herself comes from another 50's book.
Unframed, mounted on board. 16.5 x 18cm
Deidre came from a vintage children's book and is now an icon. She's been awarded cult status. You can follow her movements here or at https://www.facebook.com/tldartworks/ Japanese silk flowers on matt photograph. 10x10cm.
Connie was in search of Gram Parsons, some peyote or both. The background is a cover from a book published by Secker and Warburg, the company that first printed Aldous Huxley and George Orwell. This one is from the 70's and you'll see creases in the paper where the folds were, I love that history. Connie is from a 70's knitting pattern book and the
Connie was in search of Gram Parsons, some peyote or both. The background is a cover from a book published by Secker and Warburg, the company that first printed Aldous Huxley and George Orwell. This one is from the 70's and you'll see creases in the paper where the folds were, I love that history. Connie is from a 70's knitting pattern book and the cacti and baby flowers came from a variety of vintage magazines and photographs. Unframed, mounted on board 16.7 x 12.5cm
Dance like you're making wine ... it ain't heavy it's my head dress. 1 0x10. Unframed. Mounted on board.
Janine celebrates the first day of Spring. This one is heavy on romance & the appeal of a fitted brocade suit. Using a 1970’s fashion model, illustration & flowers probably from the 80’s. Managed to finish this in time for the arrival of a new season.
Unframed, mounted on board. 13 x 22cm.
Veronica visits outer space for her thesis on celestial beings. 10x10cm.
Deidre is now taking delight in the simple things in life. 10x10cm Unframed. Mounted on board
Dancing and throwing of petals are a winning combination. Consider yourself blessed. 10x10cm Unframed.
GLORIA is so open and receptive to all that life has to offer, she's sunny and optimistic, steady but fun, stylish and sensible, dependable and an adventurer. She's ticking so many boxes it's hard to believe she's not a Stepford Wife.
Unframed, mounted on board. 12.5 x 12.5cm
Sandra was having an excellent hair day. One for the floral & fauna lovers, the bird lovers and the knitting hobbyists. Great cheek bones Sandra, and excellent execution of the eye liner.
Unframed, mounted on board. 20 x 23cm
Erica was in desperate need of a landscape gardener and possibly an arborist.
Erica is from a vintage under garment catalogue when mystery still mattered, and the garden is made from a variety of vintage illustrations and photographs. Unframed, mounted on board. 18 x 14.5cm
Mabel is a pint sized big hearted ground breaker in the burlesque world. She's famous for the take on the dance of the seven veils with a floral twist. Vintage flowers from illustrations and femme from a 50's magazine. Unframed, mounted on board 11 x 12.5cm
All the sacred texts stressed the importance of attitude. This was the perfect opportunity to practise equanimity.
Unframed, mounted on board. 22.5 x 11cm. Collage using vintage paper, illustrations from vintage books and magazines.
Kitty and Lola found themselves in the most exotic of places without ever trying especially hard.
Eve, wanders innocently before all hell breaks loose. 18.5 x 15cm mounted on board. Unframed/
