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12 Collages by Bill Wolak

Bill Wolak

I make collages out of all kinds of materials. Most are made out of paper engravings. Many collages are digitally generated or enhanced. To begin a piece, I select some sources—either color or black and white. If I’m using magazines or prints or old books, I cut out some images or parts of images that interest me. Then I start working on a background or some other sort of chance construction. Much is left to fleeting insights. These are tiny miracles of inspiration. Depending on whether I’m using scissors and glue or digital images, each collage could take several hours. Sometimes it takes several days or even weeks to know if a collage is finished. Much depends on the kind of collage and the size.

Sparkling with the Delirious Light of Dreams - Bill Wolak collage
Sparkling with the Delirious Light of Dreams
The Unmistakable Signs of Arousal - Bill Wolak collage
The Unmistakable Signs of Arousal
Grief Sharpened by Distance - Bill Wolak collage
Grief Sharpened by Distance
The Bittersweet Longing That Remains - Bill Wolak collage
The Bittersweet Longing That Remains
Dawn Reaching into Darkness - Bill Wolak collage
Dawn Reaching into Darkness
Beyond the Most Startling Enigma - Bill Wolak collage
Beyond the Most Startling Enigma
Dreams Gathered in a Net of Keyholes - Bill Wolak collage
Dreams Gathered in a Net of Keyholes
A Sudden Whisper of Smoothness Across Your Nipples - Bill Wolak
A Sudden Whisper of Smoothness Across Your Nipples
Evanescent As Mist Vanishing into Moonlight  - Bill Wolak collage
Evanescent As Mist Vanishing into Moonlight
The Smoothness of the Entangled Flames - Bill Wolak collage
The Smoothness of the Entangled Flames
Dust Tickling a Mirror - Bill Wolak collage
Dust Tickling a Mirror
With Eyes Skittish As Shorebirds - Bill Wolak collage
With Eyes Skittish As Shorebirds
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Bill Wolak

Bill Wolak is a poet, collage artist, and photographer who lives in New Jersey and has just published his eighteenth book of poetry entitled All the Wind’s Unfinished Kisses with Ekstasis Editions. He has published interviews with the following poets, writers, and artists: Anita Nair (India), John Digby (United Kingdom), Dileep Jhaveri (India), Gueorgui Konstantinov (Bulgaria), Naoshi Koriyama (Japan), Sultan Catto (United States), Ilmar Lehtpere (Estonia), Jeton Kelmendi (Kosovo), Yesim Agaoglu (Turkey), Mahmood Karimi Hakak (United States), Philip Cioffari (United States), Yongshin Cho (Korea), Manolis (Emmanuel Aligizakis) (Canada), Jami Proctor Xu (United States), Stanley H. Barkan (United States), Annelisa Addolorato (Italy), and William Heyen (United States).

Author: Bill Wolak Tags: Bill Wolak, collage Category: Visual Art and Visual Poetry October 6, 2017

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  1. Jeff Wright says

    October 10, 2017 at 2:41 pm

    Ekstasis Press!

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