Collage art by Patrick Nelson
Northern California based collage-artist and visual designer Patrick Nelson is using vintage paper findings to showcase everyday subject matter in extraordinary light. His background and career as a designer gives his work a graphic feel, while his attention to old-time paper qualities gives the finished product its heart.
His collages are primarily made of vintage newspaper and magazine findings (some of which he stains with watercolour), along with niche items like old stamps and carnival tickets. He values simplicity, shadow, light, and contrasting the busyness of printed media into geometric shapes.
