David Birkey's original artwork



COLLAGES




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WELL OF SOULS 2000 collage





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Come 'N Get It collage 26 x 20 1991




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IN TOUCH WITH TOMORROW 1997 collage





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MIRAGE A TROIS 2000 collage

Collage can be a tricky business, in part because it's so open ended; you can use anything, and once you start flipping through magazines it can be difficult to stop.  I've found that specific restrictions can be quite helpful; (deciding to use only one magazine for example, as in DISASSEMBLY LINE).  For this piece I decided to choose just three pages.  When you have such a limited amount of source material, you're forced to deal with every square inch and the process becomes more like 'painting' with bits of color and texture, and less like a smattering of unrelated imagery.  By cutting apart and then reassembling a page you can find all sorts of new connections





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EQUESTRIAN FLOWER 1995 collage




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SEARCHING FOR SHADOWS 2000 collage




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Photo-Synthesis collage 10 x 14





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Sounds Simple, But It's Not 1996 collage 8 x 11





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Disassembly Line collage 7 x 13 1996




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SPRING IN NOVEMBER 2000 collage




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WOOD SUGAR 1997 collage



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Dave currently resides in Indiana at a secure undisclosed location