Collage collation delights

A BAKER’S dozen of local Bellarine artists have teamed up to deliver this year’s Collage Collation exhibition.

Run by the House Gallery at Queenscliffe Neighbourhood House, the showcase will open tomorrow, May 3, featuring collages made in a range of styles and from varying materials.

Artist Anita Armytage said all 13 artists had different ideas about what collage is and how they approached it.

“Some people, like me, I use recycled glossy magazines that people give me and other people paint their own paper with watercolour or acrylic and then chop it up and use that.

“We’ve got people who use a mixture of painted and even found things like string and cloth and this year we’ve got textile collage as well.

“The inspiration is all different and the subject matter, there’s flowers and fish and houses and landscapes, portraits, a bit of everything but all using but all using some form of collage.”

Collage Collation has become somewhat of a tradition at the House Gallery and a common rotation in the exhibitions.

Ms Armytage said it is a popular showcase, run for the past four years, mostly because it is something slightly different and strays away from the likes of paintings.

“The public seem to really enjoy the fact that the whole exhibition is collage and we’ve had really good feedback.”

Exhibitions at the Bellarine gallery change every five weeks. With a fibre exhibition just wrapping up, Collage Collation is part of the variety the gallery offers.

Ms Armytage said seeing the reaction of people who come in and look at the works is satisfying and gratifying.

“A lot of people say they want to try it, they’ve always wanted to try collage and when they see the variety of works there they say ‘You’ve inspired me’, which is really nice.”

Collage Collation will run until June 1.