Seaweed 1904
Gouache & Collage on Antique Postcard
3.5 x 5.5 inches
Price: SOLD
For this Italian postcard dated 1904 (on back), I painted a pressed Rhodophyta Seaweed. I was inspired by the botanists who collected, pressed, and mounted plants on sheets of paper that were then bound into books called 'Herbaria'. I painted the seaweed and background with watercolor and gouache. Surrounding the seaweed I collaged with antique ephemera, including a clipping of a vellum letter, stamps, and a vellum label identifying the seaweed. I added flecks of brilliant gold gouache to the final background.
