By
Db Waterman
Piece description from the artist
A boy paints a picture of the world with a big red heart on a dilapidated wall. He wants to make it clear that the world has gone mad and that only love can save the world. We only have one world.
This painting was made with collage techniques and acrylic paint. Several layers (four) have been applied on top of each other to get the old weathered effect, as you can see outside with old walls.
The boy and the red heart are painted over it.
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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