I came to Tucson in the mid 80’s as I began the MFA program in theatre at the U of A. And while I began the journey of fine tuning the craft of acting I also began the visual journey of finding paper, the everyday detritus of litter & mail and whatever I could find and began collaging in sketchbooks. This was the beginning of my informal education into the world of ripping, tearing and cutting, creating shape and space, line and texture. Putting aside an acting career I found working in this visual realm a lot less stressful. The journey since those early days has been unusual as I discovered along the way my own agenda of what I wanted to learn in this creative act. I jumped into assemblage for a while and sculpture and encaustic. I then moved into abstract painting classes at the Drawing Studio, eventually I found oil pastels my preferred medium. However, I never quit collaging as it informed my oil pastel & sculpture. There is something about the construction of paper collage I find magical. I have been accepted into the Arizona biennial twice with large format paper collage. I continue to discover new and unusual ways of using non-traditional paper materials, and incorporating this into composition. It’s a thrill to impart the discoveries I’ve made and the magic of paper to others.
Additional Artworks
From TMC Health Healing Arts Program
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BG Boyd
Rainbow over Page, AZ
digital photography
20 x 30 in
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Sheila Miles
Paradise
oil on canvas
40 x 40 in
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Rhonda Royse
Siblings
digital photography
29 x 40 in
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Rhonda Royse
Monumental Sunrise
digital photography
24 x 40 in
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Sarah Yeager
Sabino Canyon
digital photography
30 x 20 in
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Ellen Allgaier Fountain
Open to Beauty
giclée digital painting
24 x 24 in
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Gregory E McKelvey
Serene Path in Bear Wallow Draw
digital photography
20 x 16 in
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Rhonda Royse
Pink Sunset
digital photography
30 x 20 in
About the artist
David Adix
American
b. 1959