INDIGENOUS PATHWAYS / COINCIDENCE CORNERS

The backgrounds of these two collages (gouache & India ink) reference the Kimono pictured in Clothes of Samurai Warriors, a book found in a thrift store in Japan.
The collage began with figures cut from a photograph of a mural depicting indigenous life -Playa Escondido, Oaxaca in 2018.

There is a library at the entrance to my studio floor which I call the coincidence corner. Coincidence is a medium. A play with serendipity. Found books provide fodder.

Extracted boats from Jonas Lies catalogue of paintings; a cat, some sculptures, and brooms Joseph Solomon included in paintings of his studio;
An FMR magazine from March 1985 details from Kandinsky, depictions of animal species by Joris Hoefnagel 1576-1577;
paintings of the new world (Brazil) in 1638-1644 by Dutch Painter Albert Eckhout. Plus a shell painted by Carravagio affixed to a Solman motorcycle Mirror.