Welcome!
I am a collage artist and former CA Bay Area native currently residing in the beautiful Northern California foothills. My narrative collages, as I call them, utilize found papers, images, and hand painted papers to create works which invariably tell some story, leading the viewer on a kind of treasure hunt to discover the meaning behind each piece.
My process involves picking images and elements (ephemera) that speak to me in some personal way. I usually end up with a pile of stuff! It's only when I start arranging things on the board that a picture starts to emerge; a story if you will. I use traditional artistic elements such as line, shape, and color to reinforce that story, to give it a scaffold. In the end, it's my hope that something fun emerges, a kind of story; something that appeals to me and to the viewer, each in our own way.
The process of collage enables me to get my ideas out of my head and into the world. Art is really meant to entertain, to inform, and to be personal to the individual who views it.
I am a collage artist and former CA Bay Area native currently residing in the beautiful Northern California foothills. My narrative collages, as I call them, utilize found papers, images, and hand painted papers to create works which invariably tell some story, leading the viewer on a kind of treasure hunt to discover the meaning behind each piece.
My process involves picking images and elements (ephemera) that speak to me in some personal way. I usually end up with a pile of stuff! It's only when I start arranging things on the board that a picture starts to emerge; a story if you will. I use traditional artistic elements such as line, shape, and color to reinforce that story, to give it a scaffold. In the end, it's my hope that something fun emerges, a kind of story; something that appeals to me and to the viewer, each in our own way.
The process of collage enables me to get my ideas out of my head and into the world. Art is really meant to entertain, to inform, and to be personal to the individual who views it.
Cisco Bound
16" x 20" collage on matboard
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See something you like? Want to know about my work or process? Or do you just want to "connect" and have a chit chat? Try the email below!
Email: libbyfife@ymail.com
Email: libbyfife@ymail.com
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I generally write a blog post every time I complete a new piece. The posts go over my process for making the piece as well as detailing my thoughts about the content. Following these blog posts is a painless way to see what it's all about. Try the box below or the box on the blog page.
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