Size & Details
Size & Details
A custom original paper collage for Dolan Geiman collectors, depicting the vibrant Palm Desert ecosystem – roadrunner, various species of cacti in bloom, a Gamble’s Quail – set against the striking purples of the San Jacinto mountain range at dawn, and the couple’s favorite Palm Desert destination. A golf lover’s and a nature lover’s paradise combined, this southwestern landscape transports the viewer to a vacation destination where time slows down and all of the little things are a just a little easier to appreciate. Explore commission ideas to celebrate your favorite places.
- Medium: vintage papers and acrylic on wood
- Size: 42" H x 52" W x 1.75" D (framed)
- Frame: rustic brown and gold wood frame with Museum Plexi
- Hardware: ready to hang with wire on back
- Residential commission
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Dolan Geiman Paper Collages
Dolan's signature paper collage artwork celebrates America's West and Southwest. Color, composition, and detail come to life in hand-cut vintage materials, many salvaged in Dolan's cross-country travels.
Creating the original collage starts with a wood panel. Dolan pulls vintage sheet music from his vast collection and applies these to the wood, first with glue, then with a top layer of whitewash paint. In many prints, this background layer of sheet music peeks through.
Next, Dolan draws the outline for the original collage in graphite atop the sheet music.
Dolan returns to his extensive trove of collected papers – think magazines, antique textbooks, handwritten letters salvaged from abandoned farmsteads - and begins pulling the ideal colors for the piece. He cuts each piece of material by hand and carefully layers into the artwork. These collages are carefully crafted from thousands of small papers: no two are exactly alike.
Dolan's paper collages are finished in a handmade frame constructed from salvaged metal or a modern, minimal wood or metal frame.
