"Jazz" on the scene

Created by GA Gardner. Medium: Mixed Media Collage on wood panel surface. Size 24"x24". www.studiogardner.com

Introducing Red

Mixed media collage created from found images and acrylic paint on wood. Created by GA Gardner. Title: Red. Oct 2009. This piece and many others are currently on display at the DC Public Library Oct 15-Nov 20. 901 G street nw Washington DC.

Games

Mixed media Collage using found images and acrylic paint on wood panel.  Size 24"x48" Created by GA Gardner September 2009.

Idol

Idol is a collage mixed media piece created by GA Gardner from found paper and acrylic paint on wood panel.

"Native American Spirit"

In this piece GA Gardner used a combination of found paper, abstract elements and acrylic paint on wood.

Dream: Zora Neale Hurston

This is a piece that I worked on over several weeks, even months. In this piece I used x-ray copies, found paper and other mediums to create collage of Zora Neale Hurston. The piece illustrates her dream to become an anthropologist and her journey from folk life in Eatonville Florida to city life in Harlem New York.

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Large Collage Nude

After a week of working on this piece, here it is.  This nude image is made up of clippings from various magazines. It is a 24"x36" collage on wood panel.  Above are the original sketch and the final piece.  This was one of my most labour intensive collage to date. 

Expanding the Elements

"Nature" Acrylic on wood. 

A new direction?

"Model Rain" collage mixed media piece.

"Poppy" is a collage mixed media piece.

International Woman

Collage art is very tricky to create. An artist must study light, lines, form and if that is not enough he must select from hundreds of clippings to find the most appropriate to match the tone and content of the subject.  This collage is an image of a young woman.  One of the most difficult parts of this image to conceive is that the lion image is not at her neck rather at the top of her left shoulder.  This means it is her right shoulder and arm that we see in the background.  The nose is also an area that is most discussed by viewers.  I had tried every possible clipping for the nose and after finding the head of this woman I thought it helped to create some sense of a three dimensional nose.  The lips are worth mentioning as the top lip was created from an image of ropes that tied a ship. But it was not even that simple. When I saw the image of the ropes I thought it would be perfect for the nose but the light was shining in the wrong direction. I just flipped the image around to have the light come from the correct direction, one consistent with the rest of the image.  Creating this piece was a fun and challenging experience.  The piece is called "International Woman" as it is made up of worldly images.