I love these incredible mosaic portaits created by S.A. Schimmel Gold, who composes the Worholesque pics with hundreds of tiny, hand-planced scraps of postcards, menus, and junk mail. An avid recycler, she even mixes the water-based, non-toxic glue by hand.
Her portraits of some famous people are fascinating (I find myself wishing I could read the works in the tiles she has pains-takingly cut and glued together to shade and enhance). She also does personalized portraits of people using photographs as references. Being an artist who is fascinated with faces, I just love these works. I’m not sure I’d be patient enought to attempt this, but these faces are inspiring me to work my own art.
Check out more at: www.schimmelart.com/
Jenn,
These are great. I especially love the one of Bob Marley.
Love you,
SB
Really interesting, I’ve never seen her work before. You should give it a try Jenn, you’re a good artist. Maybe a portrait of Theresa? It could be made up of clippings from printed copies of Jeremy’s artwork. There are such beautiful colors in his work.
I like Julian Schnabel’s plate paintings….
Oh my God, Lis, that’s a cool idea, the portrait of Theresa. Mmmmm….you have me thinking. Thanks for the imput. Checked out Julian’s plate paintings…totally awe-inspiring, especially the portraits. Thanks for the name.
Love ya, Jenn
I’m glad you liked the idea Jenn! I look forward to what you will create…. Julian directed the film on Basquiat too, which was cool if you get a chance to see it. Lis