By
Db Waterman
Piece description from the artist
"Nostalgic Shores” is a visual journey to a 1970's summer day. Bathed in shades of yellow and aqua green, the collage blends the vibrant atmosphere of a vintage beach with elements of retro forms, old vintage photos and checkered paper.
In the foreground, the beach is buzzing with activity. Families sit under umbrellas, their blankets spread out on the sand. Children build sandcastles at the water's edge.
Adults lounge on beach chairs, chatting and enjoying the warm sun. A couple plays with a beach ball, their movements calm and unhurried. The ocean, serene aqua green, stretches into a light aqua yellowish sky that creates a peaceful backdrop.
“Nostalgic Shores” captures the essence of a simpler time, when the days were long and the beach was an oasis of relaxation and pleasure. The collage invites viewers to go back in time, to a place where memories were made and the sea offered endless possibilities.
This sunny retro collage beach artwork was created with old pieces of reports and forms, scraps of old checkered paper and old photos layered on top of each other.
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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