“The bay received a morning kiss
That came from azure heights;
The waves, rejoicing, rose and fell
In everchanging lights.”— William Porter
If you have never visited Les Cheneaux in Upper Michigan, this unique formation along Lake Huron awaits your discovery. I shall never tire of interpreting its natural magic with my stash of papers.
Near Duck Bay
collage landscape by J A Dixon
9.875 x 6.625 inches
Les Cheneaux Series
“Learn by little the desire for all things
which perhaps is not desire at all
but undying love which perhaps
is not love at all but gratitude
for the being of all things which
perhaps is not gratitude at all
but the maker’s joy in what is made,
the joy in which we come to rest.”
— Wendell Berry
Off La Salle
collage landscape by J A Dixon
9.75 x 7.875 inches
Les Cheneaux Series
Up the Channel
collage en plein air by J A Dixon
art size: 9.25 x 7.375 inches
framed: 16.75 x 13.75 inches
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Spent a chunk of September “painting in papers” while in the Les Cheneaux Islands. This recent method of pasting collage ingredients over a crude charcoal sketch really started to grow on me.
Here is an interim stage of completion for “Up the Channel.” The water foreground needs to be finished and softened. The shoreline can benefit from a few more details. Please stand by for the final version!