Alders and Winter

Helen Bly Kaye
Salt Spring Island, BC

Size

18" x 24"

Medium

Hand coloured tissue paper collage on panel

I have been exploring the medium of paper collage, a study which has led to a detailed exploration of the winter landscape; the exposure of bare branches, and the few remaining leaves in the winter light. My materials are hand coloured archival tissue papers and glue. I like to discover the effects of layering different colours of papers; the subtle changes from wet to dry, and the differences between tearing and cutting.
 
Alders and Winter is the second of an ongoing series. I aim for a feeling of serenity, representing the landscape I know so well.

Alders and Winter

Helen Bly Kaye
Salt Spring Island, BC

About the artist
About the artist

Helen Bly Kaye
Salt Spring Island, BC

Bly Kaye is an artist living and working on Salt Spring Island. A graduate of the Vancouver School of Art (now Emily Carr University of Art + Design), she has been a practising artist for over 35 years. Her work focuses on a detailed depiction of her winter environment through the medium of tissue paper collage. She has given workshops in Mexico and on Salt Spring. Bly Kaye is represented by the Steffich Fine Art Gallery on Salt Spring Island.

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