10x7" Mixed Media on Paper
This is a mixed-media collage painting on rough, handmade, textured paper.
Medium & Technique
The work combines painted elements with torn and cut paper collage — you can see layered magazine clippings, newspaper fragments (the phrase "very bad news" is visible), and various patterned papers embedded throughout the figure and tree canopy. This gives the piece rich texture and a sense of accumulated stories.
Figure
A woman stands centrally, her head bowed slightly in a gesture of focus or reverence. She wears a wrapped head covering and a flowing, vibrant skirt constructed entirely from collaged paper fragments — bursting with warm reds, oranges, pinks, and patterns. Her upper body is more muted and painterly by contrast, rendered in cool grey-green tones.
The Tree
To her right stands a bare, branching tree with a distinctive spiral curl at its top. Hanging from its branches are cell phones in jewel tones — teal, red, yellow, purple — like offerings or collected memories. The canopy above is formed from dark collaged shapes pieced together like a mosaic or stained glass.
Mood & Themes
The piece evokes ritual, tending, and quiet ceremony — the woman appears to be interacting with the tree, perhaps hanging or retrieving one of the phones. Themes of memory, burden, womanhood, and nature feel deeply present.
It's a beautifully layered and intimate work.
