By
Db Waterman
Piece description from the artist
In this street art piece, the focus is on a group of children painted in shades of black and white. They stand huddled together, looking up with wide eyes and open mouths, as if catching the rain.
Above them, the sky is bursting with vibrant raindrops, each one a different hue—reds, blues, greens, and yellows. The contrast between the monochrome children and the colorful rain is stark and intentional.
The black-and-white children represent innocence and simplicity, a blank canvas untouched by the complexities of the world. The colorful raindrops symbolize the beauty, diversity, and richness of life, pouring down and touching everything it reaches. The children are in awe, as if seeing color for the first time, highlighting the wonder and magic in the everyday.
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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