Working with collage up until this point has been the main process in which I make pictures - analog method adds a certain authenticity to the ideas or themes communicated - below I am trying to show birds and tortoises being taken and killed once discovered by people on the Galapagos Islands - areas of cut paper over bird aim to show chaos - cut pieces of paper slicing through an image - working with different papers is a quick way to fill and area with colour and texture
A lot of the plant life and animals on the Galapagos Islands originated elsewhere and arrived by wind (seeds blowing), sea and air. Using a combination of different surfaces and materials to show the coming together of these elements - being drawn to Island - rough hand made aesthetic lends itself well to this idea of a biological melting pot - nature - less sterile and formed
Sand paper - traction - friction - oil pastel and water colour pencil show up well
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