I would like to share with you how my artwork has evolved over the years of creating my Layered Imagery artwork. 20 years ago I started using the term "paper mosaic" to describe what I do because I actually was using paper instead of tile to create a traditional mosaic that we are all familiar with. Now it seems to be a common term, which it was not at the time, to describe paper collages. My guess is because scrapbooking has become extremely popular and so many more people love paper . I love paper, anything paper!
I have experimented with many mediums as a child and in college and I never could achieve creating what I wanted such as a portrait (which, by the way, is the hardest subject to ever try to paint). But when I started experimenting with paper I got it right away and on the first piece I tried--a portrait of my parents. Wow I could not believe it looked like them. I knew then I found my medium. And I have been doing this technique ever since. Of course my work has improved as you can see comparing my first blog photo of the horse to this photo of my parents in this blog--the very first piece I every created 20 years ago using my techinque.
The term "paper mosaic" actually has a long history, going back to the 18th C. when Mary Delany used it to describe her collages. It was used to describe collages before they were known as collages.
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