Fixations – Obsessions and Repair: About the Cover Art
Front Cover: Miss Manners Tries the Mushrooms by Robin Young
Cover design by Anthony Michael Morena
Artist’s Statement: The act of collaging for me can sometimes border on the impulsive. I will often begin flipping through sourced magazines until something piques my interest, in this case a doll head, and off I go with a pair of scissors, slicing the image from the page. Sitting on my comfy orange sofa I delve through the stacks of collected materials to find something interesting to add weaving and pasting the many images together, and in this case it was kind of thrown together. My husband John is great at titles and Miss Manners Tries the Mushrooms was added when I was finished.
Based in California, artist Robin Young currently works in mixed media focusing on collage and contemporary art making. Her focus on collage art using magazine clippings, masking tape, wallpaper, jewelry, feathers, foil etc. allows her to develop deep into the whimsical and intuitive. From large, life-sized pieces, 3D sculptures, to small postcard-sized arrangements, Robin’s keen eye and gripping esthetic guide her viewers into her own semi-readymade world.
Back Cover: Sealed by Lorena Nellies-Ortiz
Larena Nellies-Ortiz is a freelance photographer from Oakland, California. Her photos have been featured in Sun Magazine, Barren Magazine, Indianapolis Review, Burningword Literary Journal, Stonecoast Review, 3Elements Review, Local Wolves Magazine and Change Seven Magazine . She loves to color, texture and shadow hunt in the early morning hours. You can find her on Instagram @lalifish.
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