Elayne Windsor

Artist Statement

My collages explore the beauty of paper.
Using found and purchased paper my work celebrates the everyday, as well as the uniqueness and beauty of specialty paper. Whether gift wrap or playing card, map or newspaper all paper evokes emotions; the joy of a gift wrapped present, the sorrow in writing a sympathy card or the anger of losing a card game.
My work takes the beauty of the everyday, the excitement of the special, the range of memories and sets it out before you like a map of life’s experiences. My work represents mind maps, small bits of memory held together through connections, and relationships, one to the other.
Paper holds the macrocosm of our world along side the microcosm of who we are as individuals.
“Our very consciousness is an ever changing collage of mental fragments held together by one’s sense of self.” -architect Juhani Pallasmaa