Digital Collage

I employ this style of working with vintage books, magazines, papers, ephemera and paint. I collect these items along with vintage notions and boxed games. It would seem so simple to cut up and paste random images. I have found this to be a rather challenging art form, even though I have a strong grasp of design and composition. There are so many placement decisions to make, as if assembling a puzzle. Although the finished image can look quite random, much thought goes into each piece's final location. I often ask myself "How will the first layer of paint/images affect the final layer?"
A free download of this digital collage, "Pharmacie Coral", is available at www.lazarstudiowerx.com The artist is Christina Lazar-Schuler.