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An ongoing project using waste cardboard from boxes and packaging as a painting surface to renew the refuse materials’ perceived value, and to raise awareness to the amount of waste which is created by western lifestyles.  The pieces shown are two collared shirt packing boards and a piece of the packaging for a home storage  unit, all of which would normally be disposed of and promptly forgotten.  Not shown are cereal boxes, a cookie box and the stiffening board at the bottom of a paper pad.

The process of creation also plays a key role in the final rendering of the pieces. As gestural and random layers of paint are built up on top of each other, a composition emerges.  Only after the first few painting sessions do I know the outcome of the painting.    The decorative pseudo-ornamentals are references to Mucha’s illustration style.

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Mixed media on card stock paper and cardboard.

Varying Sizes – mostly small

2007- Present

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