Current Gallery: collage ( piece)

Sale has been creating innovative and vivid collage pieces since 1983.

Artist’s Statement

I think of my collages as paintings and studies in color. Each piece is a pursuit to create an intimate and intelligent composition combining a variety of elements and invention that invite the eye into an ongoing experience; to explore and linger, and return to discover new details previously missed.

Abstract art allows an artist to ignore subject matter. My challenge, as I see it, is to create a structure that gives my compositions a convincing form that delivers a satisfying experience to the viewer.

The Process

My collages are created from painted paper and typography. I paint my own paper and rarely use traditional collage elements like found objects, photos and precious papers because I am not interested in the use of specific materials - I am interested in the interplay of color and design.

My focus is on color, pattern, repetition, line and typography and how they collaborate to create texture, depth and counterpoints that work to balance even asymmetrical elements. I use typography for its shape and style, to create areas of interest, to direct the eye around the work and to act as a counterpoint to other elements. I use type as another color.

Most of my pieces begin with an underlying geometric pattern of color panes that slowly become more complex. I start with an idea, but as I apply color and other elements, it’s similar to adding notes to a song or words to a story - the piece begins to take a direction of its own. The process becomes increasingly intuitive, but it is never spontaneous. It is a measured and controlled process. I carefully create and shape every element and labor over the decision of where to place it. A composition may appear spontaneous - but it isn’t.

"White Cream II" by grahamsale
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