I work with the traditional method of collage - merging images from different sources to create a new image. The combinations I make through collage are mainly between photo fragments, in this sense my use of collage can be attributed to the photomontage category. I begin from a spark of a general idea I have in mind and start looking for references related to it. I see it as a kind of jigsaw puzzle, but unlike the assembly of a regular jigsaw puzzle - the combinations and possibilities here are endless. In fact, as soon as the assembly work begins - the work takes on a dynamic of its own and I never know exactly what the end result will look like. After building some chassis, a drawing process begins in which I add color, style and shapes in order to unite all the different components and create a compelling image that works as one unit. I love the combination of photography as a media with realistic quality, and on the other hand, the painting that enables me formal and colorful freedom.
Collage and digital painting. Archival inkjet printing.
Hahnemuhle rag paper ultra smooth 300gs/m
fine art paper. 1/3 edition.
