Thanks to Envision Magazine for the online feature!

Flattered to be featured in this week’s A View with a Room, where home decor and design is curated around the palette and aesthetic of one artwork. Such a lovely idea- please check out Natalie’s website for more home inspiration! (This original sewn collage on felt “Living East” is for sale, PM me for the deets)

Thanks to Create Magazine and guest curator Dasha Matsuurafor for publishing my work in their July issue as well as this little online interview!

How does using collage as your medium play into the ideas you try to get across in your art?

Collage is the perfect medium for memory themes as they naturally parallel each other in many ways.  My work isn’t just about my own narrative – and thanks to the medium I am using both personal and random components to try and communicate a more collective perspective. These scraps and pieces themselves hold an entire history of their own.  Then altering those pieces and layering them in fragments, I’m able to mimic the actual process of remembering – an incredibly inaccurate, shifting, and multifaceted act.

When did you decide on the color palette you are currently working in? 

I’ve never really made a conscious decision as it seems like my colors chose me rather than the other way around.  My palette has always been intuitive and hasn’t changed much in the past eight years.  I’m typically inspired by soft pale brights but am beginning to add in some more bold elements when I feel bored with my own color habits!

What is the first thing you do when you sit down to create a collage? 

I start with one piece I’m really excited about and start connecting things from there.  My process is quite subconscious/ instinctive and since this can be difficult to pause, it’s not uncommon for me to finish a work in one sitting.

Is there anyone in particular who inspires your work? 

So many!  I’m largely inspired by the abstract expressionist painters of the 40’s and 50’s as well as many contemporary artists of a similar genre – at the moment Sarah Kelk, Bonnie Grey, and Sander Steins.