Tree's legacy

This is a canvas on which I have collaged images from the legal documents pertaining to the case we are fighting with Spotsylvania County regarding the sewer line being run through our property. I then added images of trees to represent the loss that we will have. The large tree in the center is an ironed on image (T-shirt transfer).

Formerly for angus, now home to weeds

This is an experiment with a new method, bee's wax collage. I first transferred a photograph onto canvas using acrylic medium. I had hand-colored the image before transferring. Then, I colaged other images around it using bee's wax as the glue. Bee's wax lends a really interesting transparency to the images. Finally I transferred a black and white image of the barn on top, and sealed it with bee's wax. Charcoal was rubbed into some areas to add interest to the surface.