a happy occasion

Large family gatherings defined my French-Canadian childhood. Digital collage © 2014 Liz Ruest, 33 layers

feast upon

A sense of pageantry. Digital collage © 2014 Liz Ruest, 29 layers

number of the counting

Toppling graves in Glasgow document family history. Digital collage © 2014 Liz Ruest, 28 layers

on second thought

A landscape complicated by texture. Digital collage © 2014 Liz Ruest, 25 layers

exactly so

Bits and pieces from Chicago. Digital collage © 2014 Liz Ruest, 24 layers

365 Project: Worth It?

Yesterday was my last post for my Collage365 project. Wow, I made it through a whole year! Was it worth doing? If you’re thinking of starting (or quitting) a daily art project, here are some thoughts to keep in mind. Accomplishment This is your carrot. While you can achieve some of the other points here…

Collage: From Concept to Reality

When I started pasting paper in sketchbooks almost a year ago, my collage project, while real enough, was more of a conceptual exercise. Could I even do this for a full year, I wondered? Now that many of the compositions have been scanned, and some released from their bindings, conceptual doesn’t apply any more. Presenting the collages…

Collage #324

Regal colors, monoprinted elements, and a grid format as a base layer for larger work. Paper collage © 2014 Liz Ruest