Two collages, mostly about birds taking you away. A love affair perhaps.

The image of the bird is from an old calendar with Inuit art. This particular image is Raven’s Dance by Kananginak Pootoogook. The green image and the grey squiggle drawing are from an art supply shop catalog and I have not been able to find out who created the work. There is another mushroom from a vintage poster. Behind these is a dry point etch I made together with a photo of an oil painting of abstract trees I made a few years back. I tried to make it look like the bird is coming in to take you away from your safe space, pluck you out of your chair and carry you off for an adventure.

Kananginak Pootoogook

Kananginak Pootoogook (1 January 1935 – 23 November 2010) was an Inuk sculptor and printmaker who lived in Cape Dorset, Nunavut, in Canada. He died as a result of complications related to surgery for lung cancer. (wiki)

His works have such detail character, just look at this owl below!

On the other side are a group of images cut from old National Geographic magazines. I’m not sure what I meant with “A love affair” at the time. Perhaps a love affair with nature? Or a dreaming of living in nature?