Size & Details
Size & Details
Not your typical pool house décor, but an absolute treat for Dolan to construct, this custom paper collage depicting a gorilla floating in a pool, was created for a repeat collector. Every detail - from the gorilla’s pose to his cigar, to the expansive landscape and stone inlaid around the pool - was created in collaboration with the client to bring this unique vision to life. Fashioned from hand-cut vintage papers, tributes to the client are sprinkled throughout: maps and textual nods to Oklahoma, vintage advertisements for agricultural machinery, antique ledgers and handwritten letters, and even a found rocks glass to stand in for the main character’s favorite brown drink. The gold flamingo-patterned button-up shirt is a throwback to Dolan’s textile design days, while the yellow lens sunglasses are a nod to a very specific character in a very specific movie, also at the collector’s request. Can you guess which? Custom artwork requests are always welcome.
- Medium: vintage papers and acrylic on wood
- Size: 35.5" H x 43.5" W x 2" D (framed)
- Frame: metallic-gold frame with Museum Plexi
- Hardware: ready to hang with wire on back
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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.
