Lately I've been using a lot of robin egg blue in my work. Maybe I'm just longing for spring and the blue represents this........maybe I just like the color.........or maybe it's because I ate a half a box of blue Peeps the other day! Whatever the case, this is my newest collage on canvas board. It measures 5 by 7. I was looking at Sally Jean's website the other day and the queen of collage used Parian doll heads in some of her soldered charm collages. I like the look of their clear serene little faces. They remind me of dolls that had Botox.....no expression! I tried to push myself to let go on the background and be a little more free flowing and not as controlled. I have to admit, it was fun dipping my fingers in the paint and smearing them on the background here and there! I've discovered there is fine line when doing backgrounds, between the contrived and the free flowing. I hope mine is the latter.
Just by sheer luck I found this vintage photo on Flickr with a little girl with a blonde haired Parian doll so I made an art tag to go with the collage.....
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