1/12/09

"Margarita and Marigolds"


"Margarita and Marigolds", originally uploaded by jomoma58.

I wanted to share this recently completed collage/assemblage with you. I still don't know how I got from point A to Point B to ....well, you get the picture. Collage is not an art for the 'linear thinking' (and I am a linear thinker!). This piece has been arrange and re-arranged multiple times over the last year, and then, one day, it was FINITO! I don't know why or how. It can be a frustrating experience, this creative process, but well worth it in the long run.

The photo that I used as the basis for this piece was taken in Oaxaca, Mexico, during Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) festivities. I was traveling with Michael deMengs' group (art workshop) in 2007. The cemetery was beautiful beyond words...candles, flowers, marigold petals everywhere. The marigold petals were laid down in a path to help lead the souls "home", to be with their families...



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4 comments:

  1. i love this piece! also your drawing of your muse in the previous post!

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  2. Thank you, Gwen. "Pearl" (my muse) has been on one very long and interesting journey with me!

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  3. I love the colors and textures in this margarita and marigolds piece. Just beautiful, Lisa!

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