Collage

Paper collages were the first things I began doing when I returned to doing art. It was a logical step from some of the techniques I used in paper restoration. My process is first to stain the papers which often were pages from century old, obsolete German encyclopedia. (I liked the form of the Gothic fonts.) This became my palette. The pages were then cut or torn and pasted onto a paper substrate. Later on I got to staining plain paper.

The material for "North is to the Right", a map of the center of Amherst, MA, are stained sheets of photocopies of portions of a local newspaper, enlarged or reduced as desired.

Blue Paper Garden
Collage: ink on text pages. 18 x 24"

Dreamscape
Collage: ink on text pages. 18 x 24"

Architecture 101
Collage: ink on text pages. 18 x 24"

North is to the Right
Collage: ink on paper. - 18 x 24"

Landscape
Collage: ink on text pages. 18 x 24"

Die Grosse Rosane Maschine
Collage: ink on text pages. 18 x 24"

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Tree in Summer
Collage: ink on paper. 32 x 22"

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Tree in Winter
Collage: ink on paper. 32 x 22"

Inspired by a friend's use of paper bags for wall, I have used kraft paper shapes in my collages.

At right: Section of Stone Wall Collage: Acrylic stained kraft paper on mounted on canvas. 31 x 43"

Below are variations on the theme, also collage of acrylic stained kraft paper mounted on canvas.

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At left: Crumbling Stone Wall
20 x 24"

At right: Studies of a Stone Wall
each, 10 x 12". They may be arranged as seen, vertically or horizontally, or any other way.

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Bernice Massé Rosenthal,
74 Southern Point Road, Round Pond, ME 04564

(207) 529-6620 - bmr51mcc@yahoo.com