I created this piece for a dear friend of mine, Regina. She loves all sorts of motley characters: fairies (also known as fae), Dryads, Nymphs, Rhine Maidens, Sprites, Astarté (Sister Moon who runs with the wolves), Satyrs, The Green Man and Centaurs. I tried hard to come up with a theme that would somewhat fit with things she likes. Sometimes it can be difficult to do because finding specific pieces for a collage that is feasible with the interests of the person for which your collage is intended is often quite a challenge. And challenges are fun, particularly when they have to do with art and specifically collage and mixed media.
Let's talk about the background. Underneath the strange characters and the eyes watching over the fae is a page altered by a popular cleaner. The background is page from National Geographic magazine. But why does that page look so strange with its round circles that hint at some psychedelic salmagundi from the 60's? Citrasolv. Citrasolv is a cleaner that smells strongly of oranges. Sometimes the smell can be overwhelming. What is interesting about this cleaner is that it has interactions with certain types of paper in an unusual way. Someone somewhere discovered that the special slick paper that National Geographic uses in its magazines combined with an generous application of Citrasolv creates beautiful pieces of new paper. Type in "Citrasolv art" in your favorite search engine and you will find many pages on using this versatile cleaner in art projects. Even YouTube offers instructional videos on creating pages and transfers using it.
I always enjoy making collages for others. I hope she likes this one. It's for her birthday coming up in September.
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