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Jun

Silly & Surreal: The Collage Art of Kenneth Rougeau

Posted by: Charlotte Self in Art & Artists, Collage, Digital Art

"Offer Me Solutions"

Kenneth Rougeau composes creative collage constructions that are frequently surreal and sometimes downright silly. His first serious digital endeavor was to create a series of 18 fantasy images as illustrations for Alice In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. Since then he has also created a second series based on Through The Looking Glass.

"Who Stole The Tarts?"

"A Quiet Hour"

Ken works primarily in the digital medium, as it allows the most freedom of expression, but he does thoroughly enjoy creating rough hewn, one-of-a-kind original paper & mixed media collages whenever he can. He’s recently been experimenting with a series of explorable “strata” collages which are essentially small altered art books that can be opened and examined, which he calls “de Composition” books because they are made from small, tattered & torn composition books which are covered with imagery.

"de Composition 3"

"Patience"

Ken’s most recent digital collage series, Ascensions, combines vintage anatomical images with fairy-like butterfly wings to create a sorrowfully evocative set of surrealistic scenes. He admits that the piece entitled Patience was in fact inspired “a bit by Salvador Dali & a bit by the Grateful Dead.” Arguably the most powerful piece in his Ascensions series, the Metamorphosis, seems to convey mankind’s changing and evolving, our desire to become more than we are, more than the sum of our parts. The image depicts an anatomical “angel” who has evolved beyond & removed his “outer layers” exposing his true self.

"Metamorphosis"

Ken’s humorous series of anthropomorphic collages give us a glimpse into an alternate universe in which English dandies become Dandy Lions , where a secretary bird sits, parasol in hand, to interview for a clerical position, and where raccoons rob people at gunpoint. Oh, and don’t miss Captain Kangaroo!

"Miss Secretary"

Kenneth Rougeau has created numerous other, non-serial digital collages as well. Many of his works are inspired by literature and music including Waiting For Godot, based on the Samuel Beckett play, and both Field Below & Apres Moi Le Deluge, inspired by the Regina Spektor songs of the same names.

"Apres Moi Le Deluge"

For more surreal collage art
by Kenneth Rougeau visit
http://kennethrougeau.com

"bird song"

"The Green Man" (Walt Whitman)

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Sep

2nd Annual Shades of Pink Digital Collage Challenge

Posted by: Kenneth Rougeau in Art Trading Cards, Collage, Collage Sheets, Contests, Paper Crafts, Promotions, Store News

PaperStreet’s 2nd Annual

Shades of Pink

Digital ACEO Collage Challenge

Divisions by Charlotte Self (2008)

We’re now accepting entries for the 2nd Annual “Shades of Pink” Digital ACEO Collage Challenge. October’s just around the corner & last year Yahoo! donated money for breast cancer research based on the amount of pink images submitted to various flickr groups. If they’re doing so again, we’ll be submitting all contest entries to these groups… and if not, we’ll show them off here. Either way, we’ve got prizes for the winners, so read the guidelines, grab some free collage sheets & get creating!

“Pink” is once again the theme. ACEO collages are traditionally 2.5″ x3.5″ (trading card sized), though we will be accepting any pink collage submissions. It’s for a good cause after all

We are offering 6 free digital collage sheets to help spark your creativity.

Feel free to message us with any questions or comments.

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Pretty-in-Pink.jpg . Pink-Petals.jpg . Pink-Sunsets.jpg
Pretty-in-Pink.pdf . Pink-Petals.pdf . Pink-Sunsets.pdf

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Pink-0001.jpg . Pink-0002.jpg . Pink-0003.jpg
Pink-0001.pdf . Pink-0002.pdf . Pink-0003.pdf

We are not requiring that you use these images, as we did last year. Instead, you’re welcome to incorporate whatever elements you have access to & create any pink themed collage you’d like. We do want to keep the contest family friendly – nudity is acceptable, but nothing pornographic please. Images deemed distasteful will be removed at our discretion.

Contribution #4 from Primneedle (2008)

We also ask that you join and cross post your pink images to the flickr groups when they open in October (we’ll let you know). Your pictures can help raise money for breast cancer research!

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DEADLINE FOR CONTEST ENTRIES IS
10/31/2009 11:59pm PST
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1 in 8 by Kenneth Rougeau (2008)

HOW TO ENTER:

Entering couldn’t be simpler.
Just create a collage (digital or otherwise) & send us a copy of it via email.
You can reach us anytime by writing to support@paperstreetsupplies.com

*PRIZES!!*

“Far and away the best prize that life offers
is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.”
– Theodore Roosevelt

That being said, we’re still giving away free stuff!

Prizes will be awarded to
1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners
and are as follows:

~ 1st Place ~
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PaperStreet’s Digital Collage Sheet Collection – Volume I – CD-ROM