creating stories with paintings + collage

It all begins with an idea - from a memory or a dream or a chance encounter. After some research and some sketching, a composition begins to take place. Then the fun ensues.

PAINTING •

PAINTING •

over the river and through the wood @ the Philadelphia International Airport

lemonade painting

lemonade

plum

Willie Dell Goldsmith painting

willie dell goldsmith

garden party painting

garden party

plant life

COLLAGE •

COLLAGE •

black chair collage

black chair

this is my beating heart, it's a dragon heart collage

this is my beating heart, it’s a dragon heart

inside earth day collage

inside earth day

killer waves collage

killer waves

woman or machine collage

woman or machine

torch collage

torch

ABOUT CONSTANCE

Constance Culpepper is a Los Angeles-based artist who primarily works in oil paint and paper collage. Her work combines themes of natural elements and domesticity, often in an abstract and dream-like manner.