DEBORAH DURBAN
presents
RANDOM OFFERINGS
MIXED MEDIA COLLAGES
MAY 4 through JUNE 2016
at
DEEP CREEK COFFEE COMPANY
932 Zion Park Blvd, Springdale, UT
OPENING RECEPTION
Wednesday May 4th 6-9pm
accompanied by
3HATTRIO
playing 7-9pm
435-767-0272. Www.deepcreekcoffee.com
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As you know I am loving working in this collage form. I had three canvases that had been half painted, but never satisfactorily done, hanging around my studio. After finishing the first couple of portraits, I really wanted to try with more family. Especially the three middle girls (the books ends in terms of age, Eloise, eldest (and beautiful young adult) and Nate, (the youngest and still a toddler) have yet to be done). But I wanted to show you these:
Manifesting greatness and full potential of these future women, I used old topo maps, sheet music, old math log tables and an old English book in the hair and clothing.
Details of the lower edges and sides.
I am really enjoying this creative journey, many more to come!
Through the storm clouds
Tryptich mixed media collage on metal plates
30x18 2016
Golden flight
Mixed media collage on metal plate
9.5x18" 2016
First day down, three more to go... Come visit at Michelle Larsen Bonner's studio in Springdale.
Wind you
Culvert
Blown
Stormy Atmoshere
Rising Red
Vessels in Depression Contours
HOPING TO SEE YOU THIS WEEKEND!
Working on new ways of working with collage, learnt last Fall at SUU, with a weekend course taught by Jonathan Talbot. Using the techniques to push my imagination over the border twixt realism and a more loose and intuitive way of working. Looking to work up larger than life portraits, starting with a very small business card sized Polaroid, for basic shape and expression. I then enlarge that up and having great fun with color and hand made papers and reusing old ephemera, my drawings and sketches for texture...
The first portrait... Not perfect but learnt a lot in the making of.
Below 4 small square random collages, with narratives of their own to tell.
More in the making, come by at the weekend and see what's going on.
Buena Vista Brownsville
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