Collage
Once in a while, I get into a "collage" phase, usually inspired by found objects and/or other materials I happen to have on-hand. I hcurrently have an idea for a collage-based project that I hope to have time to undertake in 2023.....stay tuned!
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Scroll down to see my 2020 Paint Skin Collage series!
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Individual projects 2017-2020



8x10" watercolor, pencil and mixed media collage on paper, 2019






Selected Paint Skin Collages, 2020
If you're already familiar with my work you may also be familiar with my background as a Scenic Artist: I am often hired to design and/or paint large scale backdrops, scenery, and faux-finishing for television, theatre, museum, schools, etc. As a Scenic I would often collect and save leftover scrap material to reuse or repurpose in my Fine Art/Studio practice.
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My series of Paint Skin Collages is one such example. For many years I would peel and save the dried paint from the inside of my five-gallon mixing buckets. These "paint skins" as I think of them are truly beautiful as objects in and of themselves. In 2020 I turned my collection of Pain Skins into a series of over 350 small, square collages (measuring about 8x8" unframed).
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Below are a few samples: so far I have only photographed about 50 pieces in this series (eventually I'll get to the rest....!).
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Each collage measures 8x8" unframed.
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Paint Skin #1-sold
ERICA HARNEY, Artist
Original Paintings and Watercolors