CUT UPS: I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing

37 x 53 in. / Collage / 2022

Collage using cuttings from handmade pulp painted paper, salvaged from earlier work, on a base of Khadi paper.

This collage incorporates shapes based on imagery of a Nereid, a sea nymph, bordered with shapes of kelp and imaginary sea creatures. The title references TS Eliot’s lament in his poem, The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock: “I’ve heard the mermaids singing each to each…”