50-50 art show @ Sanchez

Well well the 50 pieces of artwork in 50 days has once again started. Today is day 10. I am not as nervous or driven as the last time but I am determined to push it a little with my paper grocery bag collages. And as it so often happens the bags gave me a way in to do just that... I have gotten several one color, no design bags, a green, pink, blue, and a purple. Solid color bags do not offer any images to play off of, no arm, spoon handle, or bowl as a helmet, so I began cutting out my own images. Paper cutting means that if I want a car I cut out a car. And if I want a blue car that has yellow in the background of the windows, well I can do that by just putting a piece of yellow bag behind the cut out window. Wow, interesting. Also as I have said before, I have been experimenting with backgrounds, so, for example, dribbling and scribbling white out became thin curly strips of paper and in a couple of instances I have just added big squares of color (those darn solid color bags!), for no reason at all. This 50-50 show is a chance to experiment, to what the hell- go for it, to be brave, and let my collages go where they need to go... I hope to combine it all, the orig paper bag image inspirations, the paper cutting, solid color bags and new background appreciation to create something new... We shall see.