Mixed-media collage painting on gallery wrapped canvas.
(available from www.greggirbyfineart.com)
I incorporate college I collect from recycled magazines, newspapers, and old books. I then dissolve the printed color pigment with a solvent and turn the printed material into what appears to be dreamy watercolor studies. In turn, I rip those images apart and start assembling a “skeleton” of sorts on the canvas. I think in terms of color and texture. I break down and then build back up. I erase, yet reveal. I use numerous layers of paint, washes, glazes, medium, spliced text, handmade paper, tissue, and gesture marks to make the piece appear to be a unified surface; My intention is to create layers of information through my technique; leading your mind’s eye on an aesthetic journey. It is a form of communication, and contradiction.
