Thursday, February 15, 2007

First-generation

Common Prayer (X): First Generation
Feb 2007
Mixed media on canvas
510x510x35mm
$500

First Generation detail

First Generation detail

With reference to being a first-generation New Zealander.
(Canada was also an option, Canadian readers!)

The work includes a bit of collage using old scraps of my calligraphy work, printed national anthem, gold foil, Timaru Herald headings font...

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Great work! Bet it was fun making them as well! I love the last one the most! Common Prayer in it is sooo neat! I think. :)

Elizabeth Love (née Acheson) said...

Hi Angela. I like to take lots of photos of my work & crop parts of it. The cropped parts can be the start of new works at times. Have you tried that?