Contrasting Views Series

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Art, collage, ephemera, mixed media, mixed media collage, pamela towns, vintage, vintage papers, wall art

Series of four mixed-media abstract collages created from vintage ephemera and book pages. They feature high-contrast photos of flowers from an antique gardening book.

Each piece is 5″ x 5″ on 8″ x 8″ watercolor paper.

Partial Payments Series

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Art, collage, ephemera, mixed media, mixed media collage, pamela towns, vintage, vintage papers, wall art

Mini mini-series for three 4″ x 4″ mixed media collages featuring an antique payment receipt along with other vintage paper scraps and old book cover segments and watercolor.

4″ x 4″ each

Impassioned Disturbance

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Art, collage, ephemera, mixed media, mixed media collage, pamela towns, vintage, vintage papers, wall art

Most of the titles I chose for my collage pieces come from a word that “shows up” when it’s finished. In this case, the word “thunder” rears its head.

Mixed-media abstract collage from found papers and a postage stamp.

6″ x 6″

Diametrically Opposed Series

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Art, collage, contradictory, ephemera, mixed media, mixed media collage, opposition, pamela towns, vintage papers, wall art

Series of three pieces featuring direct opposite concepts. Mixed-media collages include found papers, book parts, ink, watercolor, and thread.

4″ x 6″ each

Critical Questions

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Art, collage, ephemera, Find Credible Sources, mixed media, mixed media collage, pamela towns, Question Motives, Stop Misinformation, Trust Science, vintage papers, wall art

Asking those critical questions gets us to the TRUTH. Believing everything we hear from a single, biased source, can lead to misunderstandings, the spreading of lies, and bad decisions.

Mixed-media abstract collage with found papers, book spine, plastic, watercolor pencil, and cardboard stencil.

8″ x 8″

Eve of Destruction

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Art, climate change, collage, conflict, human rights, mixed media, mixed media collage, pamela towns, pandemic, political discord, race relations, vintage papers, wall art

We are in very challenging times. In just one episode of the evening news, we hear about the negative results of climate change and misinformation; the aftermath of a 2-decade war; the death tolls from natural disasters and a global pandemic; the ongoing dissension between races, medical experts and anti-vaxxers, and political parties; and the theft of human rights to choose, to vote, or to be of color while exercising freedoms.

Mixed-media collage from vintage headlines and found papers.

8″ x 8″

False Pretenses

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Art, collage, coping, depression, ephemera, good cry, mixed media, mixed media collage, pamela towns, vintage, vintage papers, wall art

You are NEVER to big (or too old) to cry. Forget what you were taught in preschool.

Abstract collage with found and painted papers.

8″ x 8″

Hand-Wringing

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anxiety, Art, choose faith, collage, ephemera, fear, inspiration, mixed media, mixed media collage, pamela towns, vintage, vintage papers, wall art

Fear and anxiety have lead to a lot of hand-wringing lately. So much negativity has been closing in on all of us. Our only hope is to choose FAITH over the fear.

This mixed-media abstract collage is created from found papers, graphics, and book parts.

8″ x 8″

Joy Ride

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Art, collage, ephemera, joy ride, mixed media, mixed media collage, pamela towns, vintage, vintage papers, wall art

With our world currently in topsy turvy due to the discontent, the dissonance, the discrimination, and the natural disturbances, it isn’t quite a joy ride. So I’m praying for a nice loop-de-loop to set us on a better course.

This mixed-media abstract collage has the word “hope” included in the found papers.

8″ x 8″

Hard Truths

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Art, collage, ephemera, found object, hard truths, mixed media, mixed media collage, pamela towns, rusty metal, vintage papers, wall art

“So unbashedly forthright” appear in this mixed-media collage with handmade, vintage, and painted papers, metal objects, a brass “I” stencil, book parts, oil pastels, and acrylic paint.

11.5″ x 11.5″