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Artist and traveller collaging the journey

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My own 10 day collage challenge. 6 magazine piece

My own 10 day collage challenge.
6 magazine pieces
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#contemporarycollage #blackandwhitecollage #karenstampercollage #abstractcollage

My own 10 day collage challenge. 6 magazine piece

My own 10 day collage challenge.
6 magazine pieces
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#contemporarycollage #blackandwhitecollage #karenstampercollage #abstractcollage

My own 10 day collage challenge. 6 magazine piece

My own 10 day collage challenge.
6 magazine pieces plus a few
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#contemporarycollage #blackandwhitecollage #karenstampercollage #abstractcollage

My own 10 day collage challenge. 6 magazine piece

My own 10 day collage challenge.
6 magazine pieces
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#contemporarycollage #blackandwhitecollage #karenstampercollage #abstractcollage

My own 10 day collage challenge. 6 magazine piece

My own 10 day collage challenge.
6 magazine pieces
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#contemporarycollage #blackandwhitecollage #karenstampercollage #abstractcollage

Hard work today. My collage pieces are small so t

Hard work today. My collage pieces are small so the compositions are getting smaller 🤪
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#contemporarycollage #smallcollagestudies #karen_stamper_collage #monochromecollage

Who is my collage go to when I need inspiration to

Who is my collage go to when I need inspiration to get going again after time out?

@nelsonpainter has excellent collage exercises in her Exploring Abstraction course.

Way more than 6 pieces of paper!
20 minutes
It got too complicated so I edited back in to simplify. Painting with paper 🙂
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#jennynelsonexploringabstraction #karen_stamper_collage #collageinspiration #collageartist #contemporarycollagemagazine #contemporarycollage

Who is my collage go to when I need inspiration to

Who is my collage go to when I need inspiration to get going again after time out?

@nelsonpainter has excellent collage exercises in her Exploring Abstraction course.

Way more than 6 pieces of paper!
20 minutes
It got too complicated so I edited back in to simplify. Painting with paper 🙂
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#jennynelsonexploringabstraction #karen_stamper_collage #collageinspiration #collageartist #contemporarycollagemagazine #contemporarycollage

Who is my collage go to when I need inspiration to

Who is my collage go to when I need inspiration to get going again after time out?

@nelsonpainter has excellent collage exercises in her Exploring Abstraction course.

6 pieces of paper
10 minutes
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#jennynelsonexploringabstraction #karen_stamper_collage #collageinspiration #collageartist #contemporarycollagemagazine #contemporarycollage

Who is my collage go to when I need inspiration to

Who is my collage go to when I need inspiration to get going again after time out?

@nelsonpainter has excellent collage exercises in her Exploring Abstraction course.

6 pieces of paper
10 minutes
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#jennynelsonexploringabstraction #karen_stamper_collage #collageinspiration #collageartist #contemporarycollagemagazine #contemporarycollage

I’ve been travel for a few weeks, but I didn’t

I’ve been travel for a few weeks, but I didn’t stop collecting or thinking about my work.
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#beautifulobject
#beachcomber #flotsamandjetsam #karen_stamper_collage #collage #collagecollection

My kind of boat shed😍 Little Cranberry Island,

My kind of boat shed😍 Little Cranberry Island, Arcadia, Maine.

Shapes and shadows . . , #karen_stamper_collage

Shapes and shadows
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#karen_stamper_collage

Shadow shapes . . . . #shadows #boatyards #inspira

Shadow shapes
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#shadows #boatyards #inspiration #karen_stamper_collage

I’m travelling and missing my studio, but I brou

I’m travelling and missing my studio, but I brought my basic kit of concertina book, collage papers, tapes, crayons and posca pens.
It took me a while to let loose and start to play. It’s like getting back on your yoga mat - hard work until things start to connect 🙂
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@concertinasketchbooks #karen_stamper_collage #contemporarycollage #travelsketchbook #sketchbookfreedom

#accidentalpainting

#accidentalpainting

Two by two #collageassemblage #contemporarycollage

Two by two
#collageassemblage #contemporarycollage #collagepainting

Reoccurring shapes . . . #smallstudies #boatyardli

Reoccurring shapes
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#smallstudies #boatyardlife #papercollage

Enjoying monochrome - always . . . #contemporaryc

Enjoying monochrome - always
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#contemporarycollage #alwayslookingatart #karen_stamper_collage #blackandwhite #papercollage

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After attending Art College in Yorkshire I headed south, with my sketchbooks in hand to far sunnier countries: Turkey, Greece, India, Morocco, the Caribbean, and then eventually settling in New Zealand before returning to the UK ten years later.. Read More

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