Folk Tale Still Life from Capitol Records

from Capitol Records

is the theme of this handmade collage

The patterns

The title comes from the song ‘Corcovado’

and the black and white layering of ink

Folk Tale Still Life from Capitol RecordsFolk Tale's title comes from the paint chip name of rich purple on the left of this composition. With miniatures, narratives from abstract clouds and garden friezes, an ancient portrait of William Shakespeare and part of a cardboard box with 'London' from my own move from England to Canada: my own 'Folk Tale'. This mixed media collage is a 3 dimensional work, built up from paint chips, vintage hand written letters, copies of textile fragments, scraps