“Au coeur de la forêt” and “La petite maison bleue”, mixed media collages

“Au coeur de la forêt” (“At the heart of the forest”) and “La petite maison bleue” (The little blue house”), two collages, between realism and abstraction, that employ a variety of techniques: pages from an old Latin dictionary, handmade collage papers (Gelli prints and home-made stamps), acrylic paint, ink, Posca marker, pencil, charcoal, Stabilo woody crayon, natural pigments gathered in nature, marble powder and acrylic medium #evakalienonline #poetryandplace  #fibreartstaketwo #stabilo #posca

Mixed media collage

Here is a mixed media collage (30 x 30 cm) combining pencil, liner, watercolor, stamping, gelli prints, book page, colored papers with different structures. It was inspired by the book”Rosa Candida”, from the icelandic author Audur Ava Oladsdottir, my favorite author.

Explorations on the theme of the house

A house… just to evoke its name is enough to adorn it with all kinds of meanings.
It is first of all a roof for those who do not have one, a refuge to isolate oneself from the world, a place to recharge one’s batteries, to relax, a cozy nest to curl up in, an anchor oneself, a place to live.

But it’s not just humans who are in favor. Birds, in particular (another theme close to my heart), appreciate the small houses in the trees we offer them.
All this combined has inspired these few works (monotype prints, 3D collages, mixed media)… with more to come.