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RAINBOW WARRIORS original paper collage


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Size & Details

Size & Details

A new twist on classic bison herd landscape artwork, this contemporary mixed media combines paper collage and acrylic painting techniques to bring to life a bison herd against a majestic mesa and stormy sky. This piece features the artist's signature charcoal sketching overlaid on the carefully applied, handcut vintage papers. Bring home a vivid story set in the western plains, perfect for a mountain modern home.
  • Medium: vintage papers and acrylic on wood
  • Size: 50.5" H x 50.5" W x 2.25" D (framed)
  • Frame: vintage silver wood frame with Museum Plexi
  • Hardware: ready to hang with D-rings on back
Story

Story

As the skies opened, they marveled...

They'd felt the storm approaching for weeks, change looming on the horizon just beyond the mesa. The fluffy white clouds of a pleasant summer had sat still in the sky for too long. This place was due for a shakeup, and it seemed that was just what nature had in store. The herd was ready, though, as they always were, and as the skies opened, they marveled at how the landscape's colors changed from the subtle pastel to vibrant and dark and neon all at once. This change, they knew, was a good one, bringing forth new life and new plains ahead.

Process

Process

Each Dolan Geiman collage is crafted from hand-cut vintage papers sourced over decades of exploration and careful categorizing, held dearly until the perfect piece arrives to claim their colors and texture. Learn more about the making of paper collages here.

process
Limited Series

Limited Series

Each work in Dolan Geiman’s portfolio is unique and hand-crafted. Works indicated with “limited series” are reiterations of a recurring theme or concept.

A Certificate of Authenticity is available upon request.

  • Each piece in a limited series is created with an inimitable collection of found materials: no two are exactly alike, although they may look similar at a glance.
  • Details, colors, specific materials, typography and frame will differ from work to work.
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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.