Travel By Collage

I made a few collages in architecture school. I started making them again soon after school when I moved to New York City. I used to do them on cardboard to reinforce a notion that collage is not quite fine art. Plus it was sturdy and cheap and available - my favorite source was FedEx boxes. Now I do collages on white paper, probably because they feel more precious and delicate to me.

Like drawing or any other extra-curricular endeavor, my collage making has been sporadic over short periods but fairly constant over the longer haul. I've averaged about 1 per week for over 15 years. Collectively they form a sort of visual diary. Most collages are individual works, exercises in color and composition, in line, form, image, text. Some are made for special occasions, gifts for family and friends. And some collages are part of a series. These usually occur paralleling a project in another discipline, or following the intense itinerary of international travel. These four collages, below, are from a Summer 2015 visit to Budapest, the capital of Hungary.