O Campo Por Onde Passo, print collage, acrylic, 58 x 103 cm, 2023

Flores de Verão, print collage, gouache, 132 x 72 cm, 2023

Rio Tornada, print collage, gouache, 41″ x 29″, 2022

Eucalyptus Woods, print collage, 56 x 77 cm (22″ x 30″), 2021

Green Spot, print collage, 56 x 77 c (22″ x 30″), 2021

Near Caldas #2, print collage, acrylic on watercolor paper, 92 x 132 cm, 2021

Near Caldas #1, print collage, acrylic on watercolor paper, 92 x 132 cm, 2021

Near Darby Creek, print collage, 41″ x 26″, 2020

Sand Patterns #1, print collage, oil on board, 16″ x 16″, 2015

Morning Walk (green and gray), print collage, 15″ x 22″, 2018

In my artmaking I stress recycling – older work, prints and paintings on paper, whether as substrates for collages or cut and torn, the images and objects chosen have symbolic and emotional content, reusing and valuing the past, the forgotten, the unsuccessful. Prints, combined with paint, become collages, cut and torn for color, detail, and pattern. When relocating to Portugal I had to make the difficult decision of what to do with older work.  Much of it was cut up and is now used for new work, creating collages that are a timeline of my artistic process.

© Cynthia Back