Tunnel vision

This is a surface made from paper tiles, assembled carefully by hand for their unique detail as captured in magazines. There's a flurry of information here, and the central figure is attempting to zoom in on just one. It is hard to achieve a clear, focused image. I've used a paint wash on top of the collage and it's worked great here to illuminate the heart of this collage.
I love working with found materials, reusing old magazines and rescuing their innards from being added to landfill. This work is influenced by the urge to hoard and repurpose magazines and the art of mosaic.

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I am a multi media artist born in Haifa. I paint, draw, and make abstract paper collages from hand-cut magazines. I like abstracts: geometric patterns, colour transitions and chaotic arrangements. This extends to my love for painting 'backgrounds', which have become nebula paintings. I like sparkles, kitsch, pretty scenes and figures but especially when accompanied by jarring detail. This is self reflexive romantic projection. When collaging, I love the way I can never run out of material to cut up, with lots of luscious detail and random words. This kind of cut-and-paste is always giving me new ideas. The other side of the piece of paper is often just perfect. My gallery reflects a fixation with maximalism, patterns , and colour transitions, whether in acrylic or in paper mosaic, or both.