Michelle Lanter is a self-taught collage artist from Houston, Texas who creates imaginative & inventive collages with tongue set firmly to cheek. Michelle has had a lifelong love affair with paper & owns an ever-expanding collection of vintage ephemera including magazines, books & encyclopedias from the 1940′s, 50′s and 60′s.

"How I Spent My Summer Vacation"

"Morning Has Broken"

“I’m fascinated by squid, dinosaurs, medical imagery, and retro food. These images often find their way into my collage work,” says Lanter. “For me, collage is a form of play. I love to spread my ephemera (my toys) on the floor and rearrange them until an image comes together. I work intuitively and lose all track of time when I’m collaging.”

"Iguano-Don Draper"

"He Followed Me Home"

Michelle certainly breathes new life into these vintage images, combining them until they become new surreal works of art. “I collect many images and keep them in folders,” she says. “I have them categorized into animals, landscapes, people, and many other subjects. A series usually comes about when I take images from one of my folders and combine them with images from another folder.” “My inspiration comes from my collection of books and papers, and using them to express new or humorous ways of looking at life.”

"Heart In Hand"

"Photo Op"

Michelle has recently aquired several vintage recipe books chock full of colorful pictures. She plans to have a great deal of fun combining images of gelatin desserts with postcard landscapes. What fun!

"Heavenly Brew"

You’ll find more amazing collage art by
Michelle Lanter
at her website
http://www.dadadreams.com/

You can purchase many of these pieces at
DadaDreams on Etsy

and you’ll find even more images at
DadaDreams on Flickr

"Would You Care for Milk With That?"

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