8/9/25 collage, 16x20” on strathmore bristol as she looked at the end of my painting day
4PM: i started this collage at 11am. i spent the first hour making lots of fan brush gestural marks on white paper, then cutting them up to use in the collage. i had lots of printouts of photos i’ve shot over time to cut up and use as well. there’s even a piece of a UPS label!
i worked on it till just a few minutes ago. i collaged over many areas, some of which had very cool passages, but they just had to be sacrificed for the sake of the whole composition.
so here’s where she’s at now; i think i’ll leave her be for now and start something new tomorrow.