
When I was young, one of my favorite toys was a set of 24 little plastic dogs. Each one was a different breed and they all came in little boxes. So my first collage attempt was to put these little dogs into bright little boxes. I may be going crazy, but I swear, they did not like it. Now normally, when I have to collage something, I think to myself, "What does this want?"... meaning...does it want contrast, texture, lines, highlights etc. When my first collage didn't turn out, I asked the little dogs what they wanted. Of course, they said they wanted their masters! I eventually found four masters, or rather mistresses for them. All kinds of stories about them and their mistresses popped into my head. However, I'm not writing a novel here. After completeing two collages I also figured I didn't really need to do a set of four. The other two little dogs will just have to wait for another day.