I was asked to fill in for a show at The Ice House Gallery in Tatamagouche, NS. The curator has always been super good to me so of course I said, "Yes!" after I did a mental tally and thought, "Yep! I've got enough potential pieces to make this work." Only, they were all on paper and far from being finished. But I had a few weeks and I always work well with a deadline. Bring it on, right?!?
Relax! I'm not talking about no longer making art but rather when do you decide that an artwork is not working, may NEVER work? When you do you pull the plug and say, "Nope. Not gonna happen!"?
The other day I was sitting at my desk making some new collage bits out of old collage detritus and thought it might be entertaining? helpful? inspirational? to do a bit of a deep dive into the Hows and Whys of creating your own collage fodder.