Bower Bird Original Collage

After reading an article about the Flame Bower Bird I was inspired to create him in a collage underneath his bower. He makes this structure to welcome a mate and performs a very fancy and intriguing dance to woo her.

All paper used to create the images was hand-printed using a gel plate, acrylic paints, stencils and natural elements including flowers, leaves, weeds and grasses.  After pulling the prints the papers are torn and cut into the desired shapes and pieced together.  Papers are adhered to the substrate with an archival matte gel medium.  This piece is on a wooden panel.

Dimensions:

5" x 7" x 3/4"