Mixed media

Rainy Days

Mixed-media collage painting 31 x 23 cm on paper
By Angela Zafiris

I’ve hoped for rain during this blistering heat in Athens, but no such relief. Since I can’t stand it when the temperature exceeds 30° C. So I decided to stay in my air-conditioned home and make myself a mixed-media collage painting.

For this collage painting I used a photocopied picture from a magazine of an old Broadway musical poster. The image of the female and the umbrella are from magazines as well, but not photocopied. I used dark acrylics blue and purple and text in the background. Then I used a paper towel to absorb the excess paint.

Two Collages

LETTERS NEVER SENT

Mixed-media by Angela Zafiris

For this collage I used a photograph of a red rose that I had taken in my garden. I altered the photograph by sanding the photo and then I painted the photo with acrylics. I then scratched the photo and I wrote a little poem which isn’t visible in the scan. The gold clover leaf is a real clover leaf that I sealed in rice paper. I painted the leaf gold with gold acrylic paint.

MY BLISS

Mixed-media on paper by Angela Zafiris

For ‘My Bliss’ collage I used a lot more colour but it is darker than the scan. I used images from magazines, oil pastels, black markers and acrylics.

The Woman Who Knew too much/Η Γυναικα Που Ηξερε πολλα.

Mixed-media on paper By Angela Zafirs

‘He that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow’- Ecclesiastes, 1.18

‘Επειδή, σε πολλή σοφία υπάρχει πολλή λύπη· και όποιος προσθέτει γνώση, προσθέτει πόνο’. -Ἐκκλησιαστής

Follow Your Dreams/Ακολουθησε Τα Ονειρα Σας

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Mixed-media assemblage By Angela Zafiris

Oh the Signs! They are everywhere if we only just stop to read them and follow them. Sometimes we are given signs through a song on the radio, a vivid dream, the television or something that someone says to you. We are always given messages that guide us to where we should be heading.

I decided to make an inspirational collage-painting to remind me everyday who I really am. Nobody knows you better than yourself but sometimes we get lost and we lose ourselves and we don’t know who we are anymore. But, the signs and our intuition gives us hints to what we can be if only we just believe. 🙂

My Leaves/Τα Φυλλα Μου

Mixed-media assemblage by Angela Zafiris

Another day another art attack. I decided to do something different and make a painting with some leaves from my backyard. I gathered some leaves and twigs and glued them on to the canvas. I have some great glue! I used gold paint on pieces of textured paper. Everthing glued together well and now the artwork is hanging on my bedroom wall 🙂