Free Jazz  | analog collages

Creating collages, to me, is the visual art equivalent of free jazz – piecing together unexpected, unique visual stories. I also find them to be relaxing and therapeutic, like puzzle solving and the solution reveals itself in a sudden moment of connecting images. It doesn’t always go smoothly and sometimes they still seem “unsolved,” but when they come together in a satisfying way it’s pure enjoyment.

Alternate Reality – handmade analog collage by Vena Paylo of vintage magazine images of people, landscapes, interiors and advertising.

Over Consumption – handmade analog collage by Vena Paylo of 2020’s Vogue magazine models intertwined with 1950/60’s cookbook images.