Owl

'Owl' collage by Paul Vallance

Shadow

'Shadow' collage by Paul Vallance

Kafka's eye

'Kafka's eye' collage by Paul Vallance

"You don't need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet, be still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet." Franz Kafka.

Aquarius

'Aquarius' collage by Paul Vallance

House on fire

'House on fire' collage by Paul Vallance

Candy

'Candy' collage by Paul Vallance

Cat's cradle

'Cat's cradle' collage by Paul Vallance

Dharmagiri sky

Dedicated to the Dharmagiri sangha

David Bowie 'Starman' tribute in Leyton.

A David Bowie memorial by Paul Vallance

The day after David Bowie died I saved a pile of Metro newspapers thinking I might do something with the images later on. The front page was a beautiful full page portrait of Bowie in Aladdin Sane make-up coupled with the line 'The stars look very different today'. It was a beautiful elegant tribute for such a mediocre newspaper.
For my memorial I've pasted images from the newspaper onto an old mannequin. I found the dummy in the street years ago and its been down the end of my garden ever since scaring the birds and the neighbours. I had fun decorating it. If I had the chance to do it again I'd use the images differently but it's all glued down now in its random messy way with PVA, it can't be undone.

Taking up space: male physique

Hibiscus

'Hibiscus' collage by Paul Vallance

Aquarium

'Aquarium' collage by Paul vallance

The National Parks of Great Britain re-imagined

Northern lights

'Northern lights' collage by Paul Vallance

Fully fledged

'Fully fledged' collage by Paul Vallance

For this collage I've combined a photo of a bird of prey and a male nude by Peter Maria Schafer.  taken from his 1989 monograph 'blue up'.
I think the bird is a sparrow hawk but can't be certain.