Tuesday, March 13, 2012

A Boy Caught Thinking



The Boy gets a look of concern sometimes. A furrowed-brow look. One that is far away. Important. Quiet. And deep.

If only I could read his thoughts... But alas I'm not allowed into his secret inner world. Here's my first attempt to capture one of these old-soul looks of his...



'A Boy Caught Thinking' is 16" x 22" (40cm x 56cm), rendered in junkmail and Mod Podge on craft paper and stretched over an old picture frame.


♥M

P.S. The March Break is here, posting may be light over the next week. Have a great one!

44 comments:

  1. Absolutely stunning. This is a such a beautiful piece.

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  2. This is unbelievably beautiful Michele! You catched his deep thinking so well!

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  3. What a collage! Wonderful!!! It's catching the eye at once... You've caught the Boy's mood in this special moment. What does he think about the picture?:)
    Have a nice March break, whatever it means!

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  4. Hello Michele,
    Beautiful work. You really captured the look perfectly and you did a great job of composition with junk mail.
    I hope you enjoy spring break/
    Hugs,
    Giac

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  5. This looks great - this is close to what I want to try (I am not sure when I will get to it - I have so many projects going in the laundry room at the same time - space and attention are getting to be a problem). I am still trying to decide what I want to use for papers. I tend to want to go for the torn paper look but when I was looking at paper sources that I had available I began to wonder if that would work - some torn papers leave to much of the inside or otherside visible - maybe I will have to cut.

    Things to ponder.

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  6. Sikke et flot arbejde ,virklig skønne.

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  7. This is brilliant! One of the most beautiful collage portraits I've seen!

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  8. This is simply amazing, Michele. You are a true genius.

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  9. Michele you are able to leave me without words...!!! Great!!
    xxx Alessandra

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  10. This is kind of awesome. :D Love collages! Love collages made out of junk!

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  11. So colorful and expressive. I love it! You've done yourself proud again, Michelle. Art within the reach of any of us starving (wannabee) artists. So in tune with today - be green, do your art with junk. Congrats!
    Hugs!!!

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  12. Am envious of your obvious talent, Michele. Love the canvas! And what a treasured keepsake this will be!

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  13. You've really captured your boys look here so well Michele! Brilliant collage work!

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  14. Michelle it is an awesome creation.... brilliant....
    Hugz

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  15. vraiment magnifique....

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  16. I am completely blown away. Do you have a clue as to how brilliant and talented you are? This portrait of your son is completely amazing. I just keep staring at it thinking how in the world did she so that?

    I hope you have over-sprayed it with acrylic to protect it forever.

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  17. This has to be my favorite work of yours I've seen yet! Beautiful!

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  18. This is my favorite piece you have made. I love your ideas and often think I've got to give this a try but this time you've blown me away. What I love about your blog is that you take simple materials and turn them into works of art. Wow, what an amazing talent you have.

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  19. Simply amazing Michele! Gorgeously done and in true re-use fashion. Just incredible- thanks for sharing.
    xoxo,
    Amy

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  20. OMG Michele, this is amazing! Seriously! WOW.

    You are onto something here...

    Can't wait to see more!

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  21. Wow! Absolutely fabulous. Beautiful! I'm very impressed and hope to see more of these sort of collage-mosaic-tableaux!

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  22. That is so wonderful! I love the art of it, so expressive! And I love the yellow rain slicker - it's such a cool little-boy contrast with the 'old soul' face.

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  23. I adore collage. And this one is so beautiful!

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  24. This is beautiful! And very inspiring! I want to make one, too. Don't think I actually could, but still! Awesome

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  25. you're my favourite artist! no doubt! is the best collage i see. kisses

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  26. This is so beautiful! I'm at a loss for words to describe it any better than that.

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  27. Oh. My. Goodness. You did an amazing job capturing his expression. You have a great artistic eye to be able to put all those pieces together. Brilliant!

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  28. The minute I saw this I was thinking you have a awesome talent.
    It is stunning. Love it.

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    1. thanks for your nice comments everyone. i'm so glad you like the portrait. it was a joy to create.

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  29. very cool... love! :)

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  30. really beautiful! thanks for sharing!

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  31. Cool! Reminds me of Sandhi Shimmel Gold's work - http://www.schimmelart.com

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  32. I love this....he looks like my son when he's thinking of what to build next with his thousand Legos.
    Jennifer

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  33. So amazing! A real piece of art. I love it.

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