going outside, again

outside, again - this time, in the garden...collage fragments on the garden table[into the garden, on the garden table] fragments #2 2014, 5cm x 4cmsmall abstract fragments collage hanging on the shed wall[and up again, on the shed wall] fragments #2 2014, 5cm x 4cmsmall abstract fragments collage 2 on shed wall[getting closer] fragments #2 2014, 5cm x 4cmwith over fifty miniscule collages to share with big wide world [as an acquaintance artist friend so helpfully said: "you've just gotta put it out there!", quoting another artist], i think this one-a-day approach might take me some time... thinking maybe i should ramp it up to five-a-day? goodness me, these tiny fruits of my eco recycling labours!!i had a dream the other night about oil paintings, or rather a character [unidentified] in the dream asked why i didn't paint in oils like other artists, and i made some excuse about the fumes and having a tiny studio to work in [this is true].

outside...

outside, behind the woodshed...fragments #1, 2014 4cm x 5cm [17cm framed]above: hung outside on the old shed wall; and also shown below [closer]fragments #1, 4cm x 5cmthere has been a mixed reception to the double black, an extra-deep mount with a simple black wood frame. some like it very much, others say they would prefer white. this is the very first one of a mini series, as indicated by the numbering.fragments #1, 4cm x 5cmit is difficult to get a good picture of this tiny collage now that it is framed behind glass.fragments #1, 4cm x 5cmone evening a week or so ago i was fortunate to meet some of the artists in the Norwich Twenty Group at their monthly meeting. some artists i knew, others i had not met before, a case of putting faces to names i knew only through various regional exhibitions. one of the artists there, Rory McShane, i was at college with - it's a small world in norfolk.it was lovely to converse with other artists, and i was encouraged by the conversations and the feedback i received on these very diminutive works [which i took along as some examples of recent work]. it's good to go outside and visit places, meet new faces. i also visited the Cambridge City [contemporary] Art Fair, which was an eye-opener. now i feel a little like an outsider again...i also have a thing about sheds, inside and outside, partly because i am missing one......this appears to be the only photograph i have taken when making these miniature collages, shown stacked-up on the makeshift shelf in my art studio during the summer. is small the new big? i think so...i have written more words about these very small 'fragment' collages in the previous posts, fragments of fragments [20/09/14] and fragments [17/09/14] - my random night-time and early morning thoughts are sometimes found in the comments section.