Torn Fragments Of Life | Mixed Media Collage Art | Abstract Painting
16 x 20 x 1.5 inches
mixed media collage on a wood panel
Life is precious. In times of turmoil, we often feel like fragments of our lives have been torn away. This expressive collage captures that feeling, with torn, hand-painted papers arranged to reflect our colourful, fragmented edges.
Torn Fragments of Life was created the day 6 hostages who survived for almost 11 months in the most unimaginable of circumstances were found dead. I didn’t know what to do with the thoughts that were swirling around in my head. They survived so long. Their families pain. Their pain. Their horror. So I ripped up my art and created this piece. Each piece of torn paper placed firmly in place. My thoughts kept going back to Hersh Goldberg-Polin whose arm had been blown off and his parents who did everything possible a parent could do to save their child.
One year ago my eyes were opened wide to the horror of watching terrorists attack innocent people in the most barbaric and horrific ways possible. Then, I was blown away by the silence of so many especially in the arts community. How so many people who stood with other minority groups turned their backs on the Jewish community or remained silent and yet, were not silent with other issues like BLM, LGBTQIA, Me Too or those who were saying it was justified. I was blown away at how news organizations, schools, educators all started distorting truth. I saw the propaganda machine of terrorists working and truth being silenced by the masses. The chanting in the streets, the definition of antisemitism being challenged by those who aren’t Jewish, the revisionist history of the Holocaust or the blatant denial. People openly carrying the flags of terrorist organizations in Canadian streets.
Torn fragments of life are the voice memos, text messages, phone calls, DMs I received from my Jewish friends and followers thanking me for standing with them. Thanking me for not being silent. I didn’t understand why I was being thanked because I was just being me. Peace comes when terrorism is equated to evil and evil is destroyed. I have and always will be against hate. I have and always will stand with humanity and that will always include those who are Jewish.
Materials used: watercolour paper, canvas, mixed media papers, acrylic paints, inks, pencil, drywall tape, wood panel, matte medium, Mod Podge, wire for the back, and sealant.
My original mixed media collage will arrive to you signed, dated, sealed, and ready to hang for a lifetime of enjoyment. Your new art will be stamped on the back with a Certificate Of Authenticity
16 x 20 x 1.5 inches
mixed media collage on a wood panel
Life is precious. In times of turmoil, we often feel like fragments of our lives have been torn away. This expressive collage captures that feeling, with torn, hand-painted papers arranged to reflect our colourful, fragmented edges.
Torn Fragments of Life was created the day 6 hostages who survived for almost 11 months in the most unimaginable of circumstances were found dead. I didn’t know what to do with the thoughts that were swirling around in my head. They survived so long. Their families pain. Their pain. Their horror. So I ripped up my art and created this piece. Each piece of torn paper placed firmly in place. My thoughts kept going back to Hersh Goldberg-Polin whose arm had been blown off and his parents who did everything possible a parent could do to save their child.
One year ago my eyes were opened wide to the horror of watching terrorists attack innocent people in the most barbaric and horrific ways possible. Then, I was blown away by the silence of so many especially in the arts community. How so many people who stood with other minority groups turned their backs on the Jewish community or remained silent and yet, were not silent with other issues like BLM, LGBTQIA, Me Too or those who were saying it was justified. I was blown away at how news organizations, schools, educators all started distorting truth. I saw the propaganda machine of terrorists working and truth being silenced by the masses. The chanting in the streets, the definition of antisemitism being challenged by those who aren’t Jewish, the revisionist history of the Holocaust or the blatant denial. People openly carrying the flags of terrorist organizations in Canadian streets.
Torn fragments of life are the voice memos, text messages, phone calls, DMs I received from my Jewish friends and followers thanking me for standing with them. Thanking me for not being silent. I didn’t understand why I was being thanked because I was just being me. Peace comes when terrorism is equated to evil and evil is destroyed. I have and always will be against hate. I have and always will stand with humanity and that will always include those who are Jewish.
Materials used: watercolour paper, canvas, mixed media papers, acrylic paints, inks, pencil, drywall tape, wood panel, matte medium, Mod Podge, wire for the back, and sealant.
My original mixed media collage will arrive to you signed, dated, sealed, and ready to hang for a lifetime of enjoyment. Your new art will be stamped on the back with a Certificate Of Authenticity
16 x 20 x 1.5 inches
mixed media collage on a wood panel
Life is precious. In times of turmoil, we often feel like fragments of our lives have been torn away. This expressive collage captures that feeling, with torn, hand-painted papers arranged to reflect our colourful, fragmented edges.
Torn Fragments of Life was created the day 6 hostages who survived for almost 11 months in the most unimaginable of circumstances were found dead. I didn’t know what to do with the thoughts that were swirling around in my head. They survived so long. Their families pain. Their pain. Their horror. So I ripped up my art and created this piece. Each piece of torn paper placed firmly in place. My thoughts kept going back to Hersh Goldberg-Polin whose arm had been blown off and his parents who did everything possible a parent could do to save their child.
One year ago my eyes were opened wide to the horror of watching terrorists attack innocent people in the most barbaric and horrific ways possible. Then, I was blown away by the silence of so many especially in the arts community. How so many people who stood with other minority groups turned their backs on the Jewish community or remained silent and yet, were not silent with other issues like BLM, LGBTQIA, Me Too or those who were saying it was justified. I was blown away at how news organizations, schools, educators all started distorting truth. I saw the propaganda machine of terrorists working and truth being silenced by the masses. The chanting in the streets, the definition of antisemitism being challenged by those who aren’t Jewish, the revisionist history of the Holocaust or the blatant denial. People openly carrying the flags of terrorist organizations in Canadian streets.
Torn fragments of life are the voice memos, text messages, phone calls, DMs I received from my Jewish friends and followers thanking me for standing with them. Thanking me for not being silent. I didn’t understand why I was being thanked because I was just being me. Peace comes when terrorism is equated to evil and evil is destroyed. I have and always will be against hate. I have and always will stand with humanity and that will always include those who are Jewish.
Materials used: watercolour paper, canvas, mixed media papers, acrylic paints, inks, pencil, drywall tape, wood panel, matte medium, Mod Podge, wire for the back, and sealant.
My original mixed media collage will arrive to you signed, dated, sealed, and ready to hang for a lifetime of enjoyment. Your new art will be stamped on the back with a Certificate Of Authenticity
