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Artists research: Collage 

Meghan Coyle:

Meghan Coyles collages are inspire by photos that she's takes while on holiday and describes her technique as 'painting with paper'. She uses paper taken from magazines and cuts the paper into different shapes depending on the colour and texture.

I chose two images that are in contrast with each other in terms of the colour palette and scenery. The first image is bright, bold and is reminiscent of impressionist techniques. This piece depicts a city scape with a large body of water across the majority of the piece and is slightly abstracted, I believe that the black sections provide a nice contrast to the brighter yellow sections and I enjoy how the strops of paper create blocks of colour that convey depth and perspective within the image, by using white paper the artists has manage to create a reflection of light across the water which I believe is immediately draws the viewers attention. The yellow sky and half set sun set the tone for this piece, letting the viewer know that it depicts a sun set in the evening and I believe that the lack of human forms and characters cause this piece to exude a calm and tranquil feeling.

The second collage depicts a landscape of water and rolling hills and mountains. Again the lack of human depiction allow this piece to feel calm and serene, in contrast to the former piece this collage is a natural landscape rather than and urban environment. I believe that when looking at this piece I can see evidence of depth and perspective by using blocks of colour to create this illusion, I think that the two birds in the sky allow this piece to feel free and boundless as birds are animals that are able to travel wherever they please and aren't bound to places the way that humans are and I believe that the expanse of sky across the piece invokes a light, airy atmosphere that causes the collage to feel open and spacious.

Overall, I really like how the artists has explored colour and depth within her collages and I would like to experiment with collage in my future work.






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