Participants in this session should gather ephemera; thin paper, old comics, the funnies and things like stamps or packaging. Gather several vases, garage sale books, magazines and various printed paper, flowers, and maps. You will rip, cut, create color piles, and develop a theme. You will build forms and texture, and embed rhythm patterning into your art. Using the bone folder you can burnish the collage with some glue stick to seal. The final layer makes a nice backdrop for drawings or poetry with paint pens or pencils. The pattern method utilizes under-layers and over-layers in repetition, connecting images, never covering anything up, and working with abandon. Participants should have these items on hand for the session: several different repurposed vases, glue stick, collage and ephemera, scissors, bone folder, gel medium and a paint brush.
Anne Grgich was born in Portland, Oregon, and has spent her whole life creating art in the Northwest. As a child, she exasperated her parents by taking books from the shelves and filling them with paintings. As a mature artist, some of her most popular works are based on the same principle. Grgich repurposes old library books into an unfolding series of complex canvases by adding collage, textural elements, and multiple layers of paints, while still allowing glimpses of the book’s original material to shine through. Grgich is one of ,the most original and innovative of the group of American artists known as Outsiders. In addition to profiles in many publications and to showings and exhibitions in this country and abroad, Grgich’s work is in the permanent collections of many international museums. She has curated more than fifteen exhibitions and is currently an online art teacher at Sonheim Studios.