Collage the restful yet
complicated companion
to drawing
 
Inhabits my art practice
In multiple media
 
I compose without glue
Sometimes
With postage stamps
Torn apart put together rebuilt
Reimagined reinvented
Photographed collage lives on
 
And arrives least expected
Enriching soul and mind
 
Shifting my perspective just in time!

Caroline Tavelli-Abar
January 2022
Drawing as Room Drawing as Room
2008 Residency Drawing and Poem as Room: Vermont Studio Center: Johnson, VT
Collages and Accompanying Line Drawings Collages and Accompanying Line Drawings
In 2005 I began sorting thru my drawings. Three piles emerged: drawings I would take to the dump so the paper might be recycled, drawings I would save and protect, and a pile in the center that became the source material for this collage series.
Conversation with postage Conversation with postage
To this day I continue to create collages using postage stamps.  I find great inspiration in the very small images
Friendship Stamps Friendship Stamps
winter roses winter roses
Using folded watercolor and collage material a small series from 2018
Fielding current events Fielding current events
Images from 2017
Growing 2022 Growing 2022
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