Not long before Pat died, he sent a card thanking me for a Christmas gift. The medication that he was taking caused his hands to shake, and it touched me that he still made time to write despite the difficulty. When composing Cousin Pat’s Letter, it seemed right that the piece should include an example […]
Category archives: Artwork
Healing with the Arts Journal
Sample Chapter from Visualizations for Heartbreak: Words, Photographs, and Collages by Catherine Raine
Anguish Your anguish is a force, a separate soul that cries out for solace and remedy. Although I have some medicine for you, I cannot restore the beloved person who abandoned you without warning. Into this void, my voice may drop like a stone. It hurts to see you cry, face in your hands, unable […]
Ink Drip Patchwork Collage
To create this effect, I repeatedly placed an ink-loaded paintbrush at various points at the top of the canvas. Then I tilted the canvas upright to allow the rivulets of ink to create their own pathways on the way down. After the vertical lines dried, I turned the canvas and repeated the process in order […]
Collages (2016-2020)
Meditative Collage Inside a Small Book Cover
Defying the Inner Critic: Dance as If a Skeptic and a Man in a Pocket Are Not Watching
Heart Mosaic in the Garden
A mosaic of stones, coins, and jewellery had been growing in our front garden box since May, but it wasn’t until late August that the idea for a heart border took root. Heart-shattered by the hatred in Charlottesville that led to death of Heather Heyer on August 12th, gathering these shards and bits of ephemera into […]
Examples of Artwork with Transformation Theme
Embodied Flames (Warm and Cool)
Pink Solstice Turnings Collage by Catherine
Urban Prayer Flags and Breakthrough Collage by Catherine
Windwork and timework / have spun gossamer threads from / discarded old bags. Beyond the limits / of material concerns / a dream-sky opens.
Party for Cross-Hatched Amoeba
Leafy Portal and Carved Rock Collages by Catherine
This photo of an autumnal scene inspired a collage that emerged in spring.
The Tapir’s Night Journey Downstream (Collage and Poem)
Response to the Tapir’s Night Journey Downstream Transitions define my body. Look how the current splashes my legs turquoise, the moon silks my chest, and wild solitude cools my nimbus to blue, white, and lavender. Behold the purple eye that guides my canoe down the Amazon, riding the night rapids in a dream of passages, […]
Shipwrecks and Voyages: A Collage Journey by Catherine
In this collage series inspired by sea and river voyages, shipwrecks tilt on the ice, abstract shapes go swimming, and an arctic hare chews on a twig. Meanwhile, a famous Norwegian explorer inhabits a turnip-shaped kayak, and a tapir chooses a canoe for his journey downstream. (This collage has a poem to accompany it!)
Two Collages for Dad
From the depths of keepsake piles in my mother’s house emerged a Father’s Day card and a birthday gift that I made in the 1970’s. The inside of the Father’s Day card contained a car and some of my thoughts. The Father’s Day message became the centerpiece for a recent collage in his honor. The […]
Frog Tree, Flower Tree, Toad and Heron Collages by Catherine
Floral River
To make the floral river, I used handmade papers, fabric flowers, ink, and paint-pens. I hope the river is a cheering river!