PHOTO MONTAGE: Making the New out of the Old

Time is embedded in PHOTO MONTAGE. You are creating something new from something old or existing. I never expected these montages to be as successful and effective as they are. I like that it was accidental and that they came to be from my experimentation and desire to try something completely new. I have used existing rotting foods to create new ones that I think are quite believable. They are starting to look as if maybe they could exist in reality. I am excited to start using these images to paint from and to create mixed media works from. I would like to paint them as if they were real objects and evaluate the result.

Photo Montage is a great way of getting your ideas down quickly and effectively. It is also brilliant reference for producing paintings or drawings. These pieces that are created from montage have a sense of time deeply embedded within them. As you are creating something from something you’ve already created.