Colin Talcroft
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Untitled Collage No. 244 (Santa Rosa) by Colin Talcroft, 2022, Acrylic on paper, acrylic monotype, collage. Image 3.9 x 3 inches. Matted 10 x 8 inches
Untitled Collage No. 235 (Santa Rosa) by Colin Talcroft, 2021, Acrylic on paper, acrylic monotype, found paper, collage. Image 2.6 x 2.4 inches. Matted 8 x 10 inches
Untitled Collage No. 170 (Santa Rosa) by Colin Talcroft, 2017, Acrylic on paper, acrylic monotype, fragment of a doodlebot drawing, collage. Image 10 x 13.9 inches. Matted 20 x 24 inches
Untitled Collage No. 135 (Santa Rosa) by Colin Talcroft, 2016, Acrylic on paper, acrylic monotype, fragment of a doodlebot drawing, collage. Image 15.7 x 10 inches. Matted 24 x 20 inches
Untitled Collage No. 125 (Santa Rosa) by Colin Talcroft, 2016, Acrylic on paper, monotype, collage. Image 4.2 x 4.1 inches. Matted 11 x 14 inches
Untitled Collage No. 60 (Santa Rosa) by Colin Talcroft, 2014, Acrylic on paper, acrylic monotype, collage. Image 5 x 6.2 inches. Matted 16 x 20 inches
Untitled Collage No. 56 (Santa Rosa) by Colin Talcroft, 2014, Acrylic on paper, acrylic monotype, collage. Image 4.1 x 4.1 inches. Matted 11 x 14 inches
Untitled Collage No. 27 (Santa Rosa) by Colin Talcroft, 2014, Acrylic on paper, acrylic monotype, graphite, collage. Image 7.5 x 6.7 inches. Matted 16 x 20 inches
COLIN TALCROFT : A self-taught artist active in media including painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, and collage. Born in New York City in 1960, Talcroft showed an interest in photography from the age of eight and began drawing at an earlier age. Figure drawing has been a life-long interest, and the nude has figured prominently in his photographic work. In the realm of abstract art, he has worked as a printmaker and more recently in collage using painted and monotyped paper. His printmaking has included traditional methods such as etching and woodblock printing, but also methods of his own – for example, printing from corrugated board or from found objects. His work is in private collections in the US and Japan.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT : I have worked in many media – drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, and, most recently, collage. All involve problems of composition. What I enjoy most about making art is tackling those problems. I find it deeply satisfying to create order out of disorder – whether I do that using a camera’s viewfinder to frame a scene or by arranging scraps of paper and pasting them together in a way that is visually arresting. I find it wonderful and stimulating that there appear to be infinite solutions to the basic problems of composition.