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deboraheater.bsky.social
Working on a pair of new cityscapes that aren’t ready to show yet. Here’s one from a more optimistic time several years ago.
#art #collage #painterlycollage #abstract #cityscape #sunrise
Abstract landscape showing a city skyline. The buildings are portrayed as flat geometric shapes reflecting the warm colors of a sunrise, while the sky in the background is a cold steely blue. The image is a paper collage measuring 13” x 18”. It is composed of de-acidified magazine clippings on mat board. The entire piece consists of approximately 2100 hand-cut, individually pasted snips of paper. This work is available for purchase, $1200.
December 4, 2025 at 6:00 AM
deboraheater.bsky.social
Finished collage, currently (until September 7, 2025) on view at Ellarslie museum in Trenton, NJ. #collage #artwork #abstract #painterlycollage
Paper collage (de-acidified magazine clippings on canvas board) 16” tall by 20” wide. Available for purchase, $800.
July 30, 2025 at 12:50 AM
deboraheater.bsky.social
An older collage getting a facelift: new varnish and, as long as I have the varnish off anyway, a little more definition in the section that provides movement. #collage #artwork #abstract #painterlycollage #mixedmedia #worksonpaper #motion
Paper collage made of small fragments clipped from magazines. Approximately 7” x 5” (18cm x 13cm) Part of a series of abstract works intended to depict wind currents, inspired by the account of the prophet Elijah encountering “a still small voice”.
August 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
deboraheater.bsky.social
I understand that times like these need #art more than ever, but I feel numb. The year that inspired this #collage (2015) seems idyllic by comparison.

#mixedmedia #painterlycollage #burning #wildfire #cityscape
Artistic depiction of a burning city
February 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
chloegreenbergart.bsky.social
It's finally done! This is my double-sided Downy Woodpecker collage installation! I just cleaned up the edges and added clear elastic for it to hang from the ceiling. She's a beaut!! 🪶 #birds #Sciart #birdart #painterlycollage
Painterly collage of a Downy Woodpecker with its wings spread out. Painterly collage of a Downy Woodpecker with its wings spread out.
September 1, 2025 at 5:34 PM
deboraheater.bsky.social
The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things. Henry Ward Beecher

#FineArt #CollageArt #SycamoreTree #NatureArt #ArtisticExpression #TreeArt #MixedMedia #ArtCommunity #NatureLovers #VisualArt #painterlycollage
Impressionistic image of a bare sycamore tree trunk and its major branches, as seen looking from the ground up near (but not directly at) the base of the tree. The image is formed by overlapping small snips of paper clipped from magazine illustrations and women's clothing catalogs. It took about 600-750 hand-cut and individually-pasted scraps of paper to create this collage. Painterly collage by Deborah Eater: "Sycamore (March Morning)" created in 2014, 10" x 8" (25 cm x 20 cm), buffered, de-acidified magazine clippings on archival mat board. This sycamore tree has stood on my property since the 1950's. I see it outside my kitchen window every morning and watch the seasons work their way across it every day as I go through my morning routine.
December 20, 2025 at 2:25 PM
deboraheater.bsky.social
Work in progress, nearing completion. I intend to let the black backing show, but I have some color adjustments in mind for the blue/multicolor portion. #collage #paper #artwork #abstract #painterlycollage #nondigital
September 16, 2025 at 3:56 PM
chrissantamaria.bsky.social
i love seeing how other artists organize their sources and materials, especially when it comes to paper collage

here's mine, like tubes of paint separated by color (green, blue, red, orange, yellow, black & white)

#papercollage #analogart #artistsonbsky #sources #collageart #painterlycollage #art
January 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM
deboraheater.bsky.social
A favorite #collage from a few years ago, the one I use on my business cards. This was made entirely from magazine clippings pasted on canvas board. No paint. No other type of paper. Just very careful color selection.
#artofbluesky #painterlycollage #abstract #recycled
Abstract composition of brightly colored shapes - two ovals and a double spiral - floating on a background divide diagonally into three regions. 20” x 16”, containing approximately 2500-3000 individually hand-cut and hand-pasted clippings taken from Coldwater Creek catalogs and the Princeton Alumni Weekly.
November 2, 2025 at 4:53 AM
kitchensyncstudio.bsky.social
Happy February??! #birdart #mixedmedia #mixedmediacollage #collageart #painterlycollage #abstractcollage #calendarart
February 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
deboraheater.bsky.social
#art #valentine #collage #painterlycollage #heart #recycledart
Large heart on a variegated background, both made of dozens of short magazine clippings.
February 16, 2025 at 3:14 AM
handle.invalid
One of my favorite #collage I did a while back.
#collagepaper #painterlycollage #texture #abstract
November 23, 2024 at 9:05 PM
deboraheater.bsky.social
Which is a better title:
“Far and Beyond” or
“Hide and Seek”?
#collage #abstract #art #painterlycollage
Paper collage made of magazine clippings on canvas. 20” x 16”, $1600
July 25, 2025 at 3:11 AM
kim-mendelson.bsky.social
A painterly #collage I made a few years ago. For some reason it makes me think of a bumblebee.
#abstractcollage #painterlycollage #limitedpalette
Painterly abstract collage on paper.
February 26, 2025 at 12:45 AM
deboraheater.bsky.social
I’ve shared some work-in-progress views of this collage; here is the finished piece. #art #collage #abstract #grindstone #worksonpaper #mixedmedia #sparks #painterlycollage
Colored disks decorated with concentric circles in yellow, blue, green, brown, red, orange are arranged so that they partially overlap. Silver streaks, like sparks, spring from the point where the two largest disks overlap. Both the image and background are made of dozens and dozens of see-acidified magazine clippings pasted onto acid-free mat board. 12”x9”
March 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
deboraheater.bsky.social
All Heart. 10" x 8", recycled paper (magazine clippings) on mat board. This was not my first paper collage but the first I ever sold. I used about 900 individually-pasted hand-cut pieces of paper and took nearly thirty hours to complete.
#painterlycollage #analogcollage #papermosaic
Large red heart on a tan background composed of hundreds of small pieces of paper, signed "dhe".
December 6, 2024 at 1:49 AM
deboraheater.bsky.social
A small piece inspired by hours and hours spent traveling the breadth of Pennsylvania on highways both major and minor. 9" x 12", paper on canvas board

#collage #papercollage #painterlycollage #geology #rockformation #recycled #neutral #abstract
Road cuts revealing folded rock strata are common on newer highways. Fallen or falling rocks rare (although the warning signs are not), but they add interest to the piece. Made of de-acidified clippings from magazines and clothing catalogs on canvas-covered board, using about 900 individually-pasted pieces in all. The rocks were created separately on scraps of acid-free mat board and applied to the background in low relief. Created in 2018. Available for purchase. $450
August 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
deboraheater.bsky.social
Opening reception Saturday 3/29, 6-8 pm, Resistance and Resilience, at Eclipse Center for Creative Community, IN Lansdale, PA. #art #artshow #artsale #mixedmedia #painterlycollage #resistance #resilience #protest #artists
Poster for an art exhibition showing four works of art: a black-and-white mixed media piece showing part of a face, a double portrait of two women, an abstract painting, and a collage showing white lines weaving a complex pattern of curves.
March 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
chloegreenbergart.bsky.social
Today I'm finishing my double-sided Downy Woodpecker collage installation that will hang from the ceiling! This project has taken me way longer than I anticipated but it'll be very worth it 🪶 #birds #birdart #painterlycollage
A painterly collage of a Downy woodpecker
August 27, 2025 at 12:27 PM
deboraheater.bsky.social
Here's one headed for an exhibition titled "Resistance & Resilience" at Eclipse Center (Eclipse3c) in Lansdale, PA. March 29 - May 6
#art #painterlycollage #skyline #redandblack
#abstract #collage depicting a chaotic jumble of dark shapes suggesting buildings silhouetted against a red sky
March 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
deboraheater.bsky.social
I’m thrilled that “Nautilus” was one of 59 pieces selected from 500+ submissions for the Older Artists Showcase at the PA state capitol in May. #art #collage #painterlycollage #mixedmedia #worksonpaper #ikebana
Stylistic representation of an arrangement of nautilus leaves and dome-shaped blossoms constructed from magazine clippings. 7-1/8” tall, 5-1/8” wide, Comprising approximately 350 individually-pasted pieces of paper cut into random shapes roughly 1 cm (0.4”) on a side. Buffered, de-acidified magazine clippings on all-cotton mat board glued to a 1-1/4” deep natural wood cradle.
April 24, 2025 at 1:11 PM
deboraheater.bsky.social
This piece is about five years old. Originally titled “With Dawn Comes Rejoicing” (cf. Palm 30), I’m thinking of changing it to “Ripple of Hope.” Thoughts?

Magazine clippings on canvas board, 20”x16” (51 cm x 41 cm).
#painterlycollage
February 27, 2025 at 4:53 PM
chrissantamaria.bsky.social
...and another one (fresh from the framer)

"Field 33" (2024)
paper collage on museum board
8.5 x 13 inches

#papercollage #analogart #artistsonbsky #collageart #painterlycollage #art
January 2, 2025 at 4:43 PM
deboraheater.bsky.social
I almost never finish a piece of work; I just give up on trying to fix any more of the parts I’m not happy with. #fineartcollage #painterlycollage #worksonpaper #abstract
January 16, 2025 at 9:15 PM
deboraheater.bsky.social
Almost ten years old now, “Octopus’s Garden” is one of the most elaborate collages I’ve ever created, with over 3200 individually-pasted pieces of paper. 24”x18” (61x41 cm) #art #collage #painterlycollage #mixedmedia #fineart
Abstract curving forms resembling tan seaweeds and coppery brown tentacles on a mottled blue-green background. A diffuse light filters down from above. Created over a period of three years, 2012-2015, from (de-acidified) clippings from clothing catalogues ranging in size from 1/8” to 1/2” (2-14 mm) affixed to acid-free mat board with clear acrylic medium. Available for $3200
March 25, 2025 at 1:51 PM