You may notice that I skip around a bit in my blog posts. Events won’t necessarily be going in chronological order. The way I’m writing my posts is not all that different from my collage-making process.
I started doing collage when I was learning how to paint. I was exasperated because the paint colors I mixed came out muddy and muted instead of bright and clear. My painting teacher suggested I try collage.
Making a collage gives me the chance to “paint” a picture using bits and pieces of color and pattern that already exist – I pick the pieces up, sort them out, and put them together like a puzzle. It’s a searching and discovering way of doing art and similar to my approach to writing “On Whirlwind Hill.”
Pile of collage scraps
I have most of the scraps – the pieces of history, the photos, the journals, etc. I’d like to come upon more. I hope I do.
I’ll put the scraps out there for all of you to see. They won’t necessarily be in an orderly timeline, nor will I use every bit of information I have, but by the end of the year I hope there will be some kind of “big picture.” For me the fun is in the finding-out and in the deciding what pieces to put where.
A Sunny Day on Whirlwind Hill, Carol Crump Bryner, collage, 2014
On Monday: The House
I love the collages Carol (and all your other art work you’re including) and the patch work way you’re sharing your family history.
Thanks Carol. It’s definitely an interesting process.
Such a cheerful picture this early morning. I love this linking of your collage work and your process of making Whirlwind Hill come to life for us! Startling to see these bright modern colors after old photos – and perfect!
Thanks Katy. I thought I need a bit of color.
Your mixture of colors and nature and history and imagination remind me of beloved Gabriel Garcia Marquez may he rest in peace.
Thank you Allen, although I’m not sure I’m quite on the Marquez’s level. But it’s a flattering comparison.