“Afloat” Image. Ceres Gallery. New York. Solo Show.
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“Afloat” Image. Ceres Gallery. New York. Solo Show.
This piece is a combination of figurative and abstraction, as I have talked about before. If the fish were just shapes, instead of clearly recognizable fish, the collage would resonate as a successful abstraction. This is what happens when figurative work is best.
“Afloat” Image. Ceres Gallery. New York. Solo Show.
No computer manipulation, as I mentioned before. No internet images. This one was difficult to do because of the different types of paper used. And the glue corresponding to the different types of paper.
Other than that, little to say except it was one of my first, and I was trying to get away from my natural disaster subject matter. Bubbles and a baby were to replace tornadoes and floods. Sweeter was the intent. The result?
“Afloat” Image. Ceres Gallery. New York. Solo Show.
Hollis Hildebrand-Mills 