Heart Eyes Emoji

 Entry for the National Collage Society's 2024 small format (postcard) show:

Heart Eyes Emoji, 2024, 4x6

I Read the News Today -- WIP

 Like everyone else, I have way too many projects in various stages of completion -- some in notes, some all mapped out and "merely" needing completion, most in between somewhere.  So, of course, a day or two ago I got another bright idea, thought of a cool title, and I'm working on that, instead of EVERYTHING else.  I don't feel bad.  A girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do.

So, basically I am tearing pieces of pages out of newspapers and using acrylic paint to highlight one detail from an image.  The pages are large, 11"x11", and they feel great.  Words? Not sure, we'll see. I'm having fun with it and I'll be interested to see what it becomes.  (Assuming I ever finish it, she said contritely...).

Here are the first 8 images:

2024: A Poem for This Planet

A POEM FOR THIS PLANET

 

There are no places for the poor in this world

So they live on their knees and eat garbage.

You walk proud and tall above them

Your coat is warm

Your shoes are soft

And you only fall to your knees to suck pleasure out of the darkness.

 

Above us all cold stars gleam and dead rocks float in silence.

(We all get what we deserve, yeah?)

There are no places for the wounded in this world

So they bleed openly and the bleeding never stops.

You sit near by, close enough to judge but far enough for comfort (yours)

Your back is straight

Your arms are strong

And you only bleed when it’s fashionable to do so.

 

Above us all cold stars gleam and dead rocks float in silence.

(We all get what we deserve, yeah?)

There are no places for the weak in this world

So they bow down, foreheads to the ground, and wait.

You probably didn’t notice as you stepped over them because why would you, really

Your eye is sharp

Your aim is true

And you only bow your head when the music moves you.

 

Above us all cold stars gleam and dead rocks float in silence.

(We all get what we deserve, yeah?)

-- Lynn Skordal 1/1/24

 

Merry Christmas from Mary and The Boys

Merry Christmas from Mary and The Boys

Cut & paste paper collage, 2017

 

She's Making a List...

 Christmas is coming.  Making lovely things, looking at lovely things, lovely plans with lovely friends and lovely family...it's all good.  Hope you are happy with yours and them.

Studio Portraits

 A couple years ago I came across a box of vintage, hand-colored studio portraits.  Men, women, families, girls in confirmation dresses, all lovely.  I've had a lot of fun with them, and the box is still half full!

Some of the portraits I collaged and collected into a large accordion book called "Mask:"

A few others, two very attractive ladies and two sturdy gentlemen, I turned into quirky collage portraits.  Here they are:

Collabo-baby

 For many years my lovely friend Sabine Remy (Dusseldorf, Germany) and I have collaborated on a series of collage pieces.  One starts and then sends to the other to complete. No theme, no rules, no timetable, just whatever and whenever.  We have fun, and here are our three most recent efforts:

Collab #122 (Dream Girl, 2022) by Sabine Remy & Lynn Skordal

Collab #123 2023 (She) by Lynn Skordal & Sabine Remy

Collab #124 (2023) by Sabine Remy & Lynn Skordal (1945 Home Kinks)