By
Db Waterman
Piece description from the artist
Blue Monday is the name given to a day in January (typically the third Monday of the month), to be the most depressing day of the year. It takes into account weather conditions and thus only applies to the Northern Hemisphere.
The idea is considered pseudoscience, with its formula derided by scientists as nonsensical.
This expressionist work of art is constructed with a drawing of a girl's face, with layers of previously made acrylic paintings on top. I overlaid this in Photoshop.
I assemble original photography, assorted papers, acrylics, oil, charcoal, ink, and pencil in my works. The variety of resources I am able to use has proved indispensable to me. The biggest challenge the collage medium posed was its unforgiving lack of transparency. Finding a way to replicate the effects of transparency afforded by paint, especially watercolors, was a large victory for me. The preparing labor shows through in my collages; layer upon layer of material remains visible in the finished pieces. I believe my body of work is characterized by my skill for reinvention. Having always loved the appearance of weathered walls plastered with peeling paint and old posters, I revive this aesthetic with hopefully a keen and professional eye. The creative objective of my work is to “make something beautiful out of dilapidation.” My tableaus explore the dissonance between old and new materials, intertwined in the most beautiful way possible to create dreamlike and melancholy images.
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