By
Db Waterman
Piece description from the artist
LOST AND FOUND is a landscape art work about a boy, painted in shades of black and white, walking through a field of faded flowers.
The faded field of flowers becomes a metaphor for the fleeting nature of life. As the boy walks, his gaze is fixed on a distant black shadow, a ghostly silhouette beckoning him forward. Is it a ghost from the past, a future yet to unfold, or a metaphorical threshold between innocence and experience?
The vintage aesthetic gives the painting something timeless, evoking a sense of nostalgia that transcends specific eras. The subdued palette of black, white and pastel colors captures the nuances of emotion.
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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