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Glamour. Collage by E.F.Turton
Rosemary. Collage by E.F.Turton
Mademoiselle. Collage by E.F.Turton
 I had the idea for very stylized simplified representations of Rome's monuments many years ago then everything lay dormant.
Then about 10 years ago I produced 2 abstract collage designs for front covers of an expat magazine in Rome (right middle bottom), 2 ideas for greetings cards (right middle top), and more recently 3 further abstract designs based only on colour: gold, platinum and pink, which I've named Glamour, Rosemary and Mademoiselle (top right).

I had accumulated quite a pile of fashion magazines over the years, but decided to streamline, wanting to reduce the amount of 'stuff' in our apartment. I also wanted to incorporate recycling into my projects, so I decided to use the magazines as a resource and began selectively ripping them up.

Then when we were hit by the stress and trauma of Covid-19 and two months quarantine I produced 24 images - 12 of Venice and 12 of Rome - to be used in calendars but also to apply the designs to other surfaces such as fabrics and accessories. The designs are vivid and jewel-like, reminiscent of Dolly Mixtures (multi-coloured sweets from my childhood). 

During lockdown the ripping up and gluing down of the pieces was highly therapeutic - I had a loose idea of colour palettes but went largely on instinct choosing pieces based on colour, shape and texture with minimal repositioning in the final images.

My aim hasn't been to create a realistic interpretations of the monuments, in fact some are quite abstract and 2-dimentional, but occasionally I have aimed to give depth, such as with Castel Sant'Angelo, St. Peter's Basilica & Square, the Spanish Steps, Rome and the La Fenice theatre, Venice. So if you're familiar with these Italian cities you will probably recognise them easily but they can also be enjoyed as purely abstract images without having to understand what they are.

Once happy with the images they are scanned into Photoshop and 'tidied up' ready for printing. This is the laborious part of the process...zooming in so that I can adjust the image right down to each pixel.
Sofa, scarves, trousers. Collage by E.F.Turton
Brown Wall with cat, scooter, Union Jack, chairs. Collage by E.F.Turton
A Winter's Tale.
Collage by E.F.Turton
L'Amour Pour Le Monde. Collage by E.F.Turton

Rome

Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome, Italy Collage
Colosseum Rome. Collage
Pantheon, Rome, Italy. Collage by E.F.Turton
Piramide, Rome, Italy. Collage by E.F.Turton
Piazza del Popolo, Rome, Italy. Collage by E.F.Turton
San Pietro, Rome, Italy. Collage by E.F.Turton
San Giovanni, Rome, Italy. Collage by E.F.Turton
Piazza Spagna, Rome, Italy. Collage by E.F.Turton
Fontana di Trevi, Rome, Italy. Collage by E.F.Turton
Tempi di Vesta e Fortuna, Rome, Italy. Collage by E.F.Turton

Venice

Palazzi Dario & Ca' d'Oro, Venice, Italy. Collage by E.F.Turton
Palazzo Ducale (Palazzi del Doge), Venice, Italy. Collage by E.F.Turton
Caffe Florian, Venice, Italy. Collage by E.F.Turton.
La Torre dell'Orologio, Venice, Italy. Collage by E.F.Turton
Casinò di Venezia, Venice, Italy. Collage by E.F.Turton
Santa Maria della Salute, Venice, Italy. Collage by E.F.Turton
Basilica di San Marco, Venice, Italy. Collage by E.F.Turton
Ponte dei Sospiri, Venice, Italy. Collage by E.F.Turton
Casinò di Venezia, Venice, Italy. Collage by E.F.Turton
La Fenice theatre, Venice, Italy. Collage by E.F.Turton



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