The Daily Digest

How are you being fed? A question posed to me that drove the concept for this piece. There is so much more to who we are than just what we produce or how productive we can be. The question when we’re not so focused on the output, then becomes what are you choosing to fill yourself with? Each one of us is made up of so many different pieces ranging from our personalities, our physical appearances, and parts of our lives including experiences just like how each collage is a conglomeration of images that in combination create a completed composition. What we choose to fill ourselves with shapes who we are. 

Collage parallels the experience of life and how little moments in combination create a completed life, just as multiple images create a completed image. The use of tufted materials adds to the textural quality of this piece and help to further the dimensionality. This piece is highly personal, and I used images from my own life this year capturing little moments of fun in the midst of a growing season. In tandem with other more traditional collage elements I used glitter and pearls to add a little sparkle which is how I like to live my life with an added element of sparkle or surprise.  

A great joy in life that mimics artistic making is the progression made through process and how the destination is not the ultimate. The process (or journey) is the focus of each of our lives and each of my pieces.