New On Demand Art Class – Create An Abstract Collage

Posted on March 4, 2023 by marikokoda under abstract, Art, art class, collage, Illustration, Video, youtube

Hi everyone,

I want to share you my new recorded art class, yay!

This is “Create an Abstract Collage” and you can download the following this link.

Please tell em what you think, enjoy!

Inspired – Lanecia Rouse Tinsley

Posted on September 27, 2021 by marikokoda under Art, collage, paintings, portraits, vintage

Today I share with you the incredible collage works by the multidisciplinary artist Lanecia Rouse Tinsley. I love the sense of depth and composition of her pieces, and the layering is always spot on.

This intro on her website sums up perfectly the many talents of this artist:

Lanecia Rouse is a multidisciplinary artist based in Houston, TX. Her portfolio includes a range of abstract painting, photography, teaching, writing, speaking, and curatorial projects for local non-profit organizations.
Lanecia creates work that focuses on liminal space, on the not-yet-formed possibilities and depictions present in materials and their presentation that point towards “otherwise” possibilities and the everyday quests humans undergo to construct meaningful and content lives.
Her work is the product of contemplative and intuitive abstract mixed-media practices and is informed by sociology, theology, culture, poetry, and history.

You can also find her on Instagram.

Seen on The Jealous Curator Newsletter.

Inspired – K Young

Posted on August 30, 2021 by marikokoda under abstract, collage, Photography, surrealism

I truly enjoy the surrealist hand cut paper collages by the London based artist K Young. These interventions are incredibly detailed and well crafted, and they recall me the noir cinema in some way.

K Young says: “reimagining existing objects and turning them into something new has been a preoccupation of mine for as long as I can remember, and it is this, together with a long-held passion for photography, which has led me to my working process today. I make hand-cut paper collages from found photographic material. Using editing, reframing, splicing, layering and juxtaposition, I reassemble images until a different narrative emerges. I then make these collages into photographs. By returning the image to some semblance of its original state, I am acknowledging its legacy. To me, the circle is complete”.

You can also check the official website clicking here.

Inspired – Julie Liger Belair

Posted on August 6, 2021 by marikokoda under abstract, Art, collage, vintage

Enjoy the enchanted works by the Canadian artist Julie Liger Belair. I love the way she also combines paper cuts with sculptural compositions made with polymer clay.

These are few words about how she describes her art practice: Fairy tales, legends, dreams and the surreal worlds they evoke have always been a part of the human experience; a way to make sense of our surroundings and explain our fears. As a child these captured my imagination, weaving themselves into the fabric of my personality. Because of this I am today a collector at heart, constantly collecting fragments of ideas and objects, each with their own little stories to tell. Combining them in different ways in my work, they form new narratives and meanings.

You can find her pieces available on Saatchi Art.

Some Of My Works 72

Posted on July 28, 2021 by marikokoda under Art, art projects, collage, vintage

This is a mini series created for the Februllage challenge on Instagram, I had so much fun making them 🙂

For this project I used vintage and new paper cuts, combined with acrylic pens and dotty stickers for the decorations. The whole collection is on sale in my website, enjoy!

About the series
“Februllage” is an online challenge organised during February 2021 from the Scandinavian Collage Museum and Edinburgh Collage Collective. The project was to create every day of the month a piece following up a specific daily topic, using your personal collage technique. I wanted to give to this challenge a go, mixing up my decorating style with some paper cut interventions.

Inspired – Gem Pepper

Posted on July 26, 2021 by marikokoda under Art, collage, etsy, Photography, portraits, vintage

Enjoy the poetic connection between people and nature on the collage creations by the Swiss artist Gem Pepper. You can also find her on Instagram.

Inspired – Daiva Visocky

Posted on July 5, 2021 by marikokoda under abstract, collage, nature, portraits

I am super inspired by the minimalist paper cut collages by Daiva Visocky. I enjoy her perfect way to mix and match fashion portraits with nature, making pure and balanced abstract compositions.

Discover more of her works on Instagram.

Some Of My Works 68

Posted on June 30, 2021 by marikokoda under abstract, Art, collage, drawings, Illustration, Photography, portraits

This is an ongoing series called “Gli Strappi Sui Muri” (Tears On The Walls), that I am working on.

“Gli Strappi Sui Muri” (Tears On The Walls), is a brand new series about a personal research on memories and “history layers”. I wanted to imagine a wall where our memories (the photo) get slowly covered by time, represented by paper stripes and paint interventions. Every time we look at a picture it changes in time and space, revealing us a new layer. While we grow up, we connect with our memories in a different level, and time erodes them slowly.