Ancient Fragments (“Letters From My Father” series) Ancient Fragments (“Letters From My Father” series)
Where the broom… Where the broom…
Soldiers of Letters Soldiers of Letters
Blue Angel with Letters Blue Angel with Letters
Little Brass Dogs Long Little Brass Dogs Long
Little Brass Dogs Blue Little Brass Dogs Blue
I will fly away… (triptych #2) I will fly away… (triptych #2)
Organic lollipop on postcard from my father Organic lollipop on postcard from my father
Snowview (prisoner of letters series) Snowview (prisoner of letters series)
Dear One Dear One
Rev Moon Rev Moon
Maya Greetings Maya Greetings
Bangkok Bangkok
Myth vs. Reality
Happy Birthday (1) Happy Birthday (1)
SRS BrOdy1 SRS BrOdy1
Piecing it together… Piecing it together…
Big Pieces… Big Pieces…
Giraffes in rainy season Giraffes in rainy season
At Night At Night
You might be interested… You might be interested…
Oil and Rain (2) Oil and Rain (2)
M&M + nesting doll M&M + nesting doll
Small dolls (long) Small dolls (long)
Little Brass Dog (digital collage) Little Brass Dog (digital collage)
Rainy Season (details 4) Rainy Season (details 4)
Sri Lankan Valentine (digital collage) Sri Lankan Valentine (digital collage)
After Dad left… (digital collage) After Dad left… (digital collage)
Letters from Nagaland (digital collage) Letters from Nagaland (digital collage)
Par Avion (digital collage) Par Avion (digital collage)
The Rainy Season (digital collage) The Rainy Season (digital collage)
Barren Fruit (digital collage) Barren Fruit (digital collage)
Prisoners of Soldiers (digital collage) Prisoners of Soldiers (digital collage)

In my ongoing “Letters From My Father” series I re-create imaginary worlds of childhood from adult chaos. Objects and letters sent to me as a child by my estranged father form the metaphorical (and sometimes literal) background for these works.

Working back and forth between traditional and digital media, the first images in this series were developed as limited edition digital originals—they don’t exist in a tangible form until printed. More recent images in this series are unique collages, often begun by printing fragments from this first series onto paper or fabric. Using primarily non-adhesive methods (www.talbot1.com), I collage these prints then often draw and paint upon the “final” actual collages with watercolor pencil, and will become digitized and reused as source imagery. Also in this series are unique monoprint-transfer variations of the collages. You can also see a few more of the source images in the Painting and Drawing portfolios.

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