530 West 25th Street, New York, NY DB WATERMAN
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Dutch artist db Waterman creates contemporary mixed media collage works with an intrinsically urban-cool feel. Her formative years as an artist were spent studying at the Art Academy in the city of Den Bosch in the Netherlands. While she had formal training as a painter, she developed her own distinct style out of the untraditional medium of collage. Her work unites a variety of materials including original photography, paper materials, acrylic and oil paints, charcoal, ink and pencil. She carefully composes each piece to create a cohesive narrative in an effort to give her work multidimensional storytelling ability. Her body of work is characterized by her skill for reinvention. Several years ago, when she could no longer afford the expensive materials to create paintings, she began collecting and assembling found materials and scraps. She quickly found an aesthetic style and technique with which she strongly resonated. Having always loved the appearance of weathered walls plastered with peeling paint and old posters, Waterman revives this aesthetic with a keen and professional eye. The creative objective of her work is to “make something beautiful out of dilapidation.” Her tableaus explore the dissonance between old and new materials, intertwined in the most beautiful possible way to create dreamlike and melancholy images.
BUY ON ART-MINE.COM Facing it Together, 2022 Mixed Media on Canvas 79” x $1500053”
Echoes, 2021 Acrylic on Canvas 43.5” x $595043.5” BUY ON ART-MINE.COM
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A Hard Rains Gonna Fall Acrylic on Canvas 43.5” x $505043.5” BUY ON ART-MINE.COM
BUY ON AcrylicJumpingART-MINE.COMJillFlash,2021&CollageonCanvas51”x33.5”$5950
BUY ON ART-MINE.COM Lust for Life, 2021 Acrylic & Collage on Canvas 35.5” x $500047”
BUY ON ART-MINE.COM Smoke on the Water, 2021 Acrylic on Canvas 47.5” x $595031.5”
Sunday Swing II, 2021 Acrylic & Collage on Canvas 47” x $500035.5” BUY ON ART-MINE.COM
BUY ON ART-MINE.COM Child in Time, 2021 Acrylic on Canvas 31.5” x $625047”
What a Waste, 2021 Acrylic & Collage on Canvas 37.5” x $595049” BUY ON ART-MINE.COM
Good Compagnon, 2019 Acrylic & Ink on Canvas 47.5” x $470031.5” BUY ON ART-MINE.COM
BUY ON ART-MINE.COM A Tender Age, 2021 Acrylic & Collage on Canvas 39.5” x $375027.5”
We’ll Meet Again, 2020 Acrylic on Canvas 29.5” x $300029.5” BUY ON ART-MINE.COM
BUY ON MixedSunriseART-MINE.COMSwing,2022MediaonCanvas43.5”x43.5”$5600
There’s Something in the Air, 2021 Acrylic & Collage on Canvas 39.5” x 27.5” BUY ON ART-MINE.COM
ORIGINAL DB WATERMAN ARTWORKS ON
I create mixed-media collage works by assembling original photography, assorted papers, acrylics, oil, charcoal, ink and pencil. The variety of resources I am able to use has proved indispensable to me. The biggest challenge the collage medium initially posed was its unforgiving lack of transparency. Finding a way to replicate the effects of transparency afforded by paint, especially watercolors, was a victory for me, and helped propel my original style to where it is today. The preparing labor shows through in my collages; layer upon layer of material remains visible in the finished pieces. I believe my body of work is characterized by my skill for reinvention. Having always loved the appearance of weathered walls plastered with peeling paint and old posters, I revive this aesthetic with a keen and professional eye. The creative objective of my work is to make something beautiful out of dilapidation. My tableaus explore the dissonance between old and new materials, intertwined in the most beautiful possible way to create dreamlike and melancholy images. sales@agora-gallery.com
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