Collages

“I find collage incredibly calming. It is an art form I picked up from my mother. I use it to destress and I also incorporate it into the stories I write. I love traditional collage, there is something about creating a new picture or hieroglyph instantly from existing images that clears my mind. With the advent of digital art, it has only become easier. I don’t necessarily want a perfect picture, that is not the point. I am not a digital graphic designer, I am merely an artist that likes to borrow elements from other images, I like to deconstruct the images and place them together in a way that my brain finds pleasing. Most of the images include me, it reflects my state of mind, what I feel, and what I’m doing at that particular moment. I use it as a tool, as visual iconography, used with my writing and sometimes standing on its own as a Hieroglyph."