collaged with pieces of oil and acrylic paintings

This piece was inspired by an evening spent photographing on the beach. The grasses made a sort of screen through which to view the water.

I have been repurposing old paintings of mine, giving them new life as materials for collage. The background sky had been waiting patiently for a new foreground and so off I went into the dune grasses. I find it satisfying to take something old, forgotten, and discarded and give it new life. Everything in my studio has the potential for new use. Just like life's experiences. They can be seen as negatives or positives depending on perspective. All can be used to find a new way forward.