The foreground layer contains art that is cartographic but abstract: it does not correspond to anything in the real world. There's a reproduction, in puzzle pieces, of a drawing with felt-tip marker—brown & red on cream paper—by a mysterious outsider artist known only as "Michael." Also in that layer are some details—black & white squares—from an acrylic painting by Guillermo Kuitca.
The background layer was an experiment. I printed a bunch of maps of all different types (roads, cities, topo, geologic, hand-drawn, & so on), about 25 in all, on clear sticky paper and layered them on top of each other. I figured it would turn out dark and muddy.... and so it did. =laugh=
What a beautiful outsider's art, I love the so called maps! And you did great with the experimental background, very inspiring Fi! It's like you say in the title 'like leaves on a muddy stream', very beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThe background is really interesting - especially because I am experimenting with transfer techniques too at the moment! So this makes me keeping on! The negative form of the river fits to this background!
ReplyDeleteLove your background experiment, Fi, and the whole collage has a great sense of cartography without being literal...excellent!
ReplyDeleteYes...a success!! I do not work abstract. You do it well.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, y'all!
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