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HARD-EDGE COLLAGE

Hard Edge Collage
One of the courses I was teaching at Mount Mercy College (now University) in the late 1970’s was watercolor. I had brought all of my watercolor supplies to campus to do demonstrations for my students. That night, when I realized I wanted to work on a watercolor at my home studio and couldn’t, I reviewed all of my finished watercolors and set aside all of those I wasn’t completely happy with. I began to cut them up and put them together into abstract compositions. I soon realized the potential of this process and began making watercolor sheets of colors and textures specifically to be cut up. I often thought about Paul Klee’s compositions while working on this series.

Cascade

Cathedral

Floating, Floating

Geometry

He Blesses The Beginnings

Homage To Paul Klee

Mysteries of Obelisk

Oblique

Pink Flamingo

Rainmaker

Smooth Sailing

Stepping Out

Stilts

Summer Stratum

The Dozen Roses

Tied Down

Violet Layer

Color Bars

On The Beach

Summer of '68

Time Will Tell

Annuit Coeptis