King

'King' collage by Paul Vallance

Trouble in paradise

In this collage I've combined images of big cats from an old circus poster with an image of Jon Hall and Dorothy Lamour in the 1937 movie Hurricane.

Die Verwandlung (The Metamorphosis)

The Metamorphosis (Die Verwandlung): homage to Franz Kafka. Collage by Paul Vallance

Vanitas

'Vanitas' collage by Paul Vallance

In Every Dream Home A Heartache

'In Every Dream Home A Heart Ache' my homage to early Roxy Music.
This collage consists of three elements: an interior from the book 'The Big Book Of Interiors', a magnified view of blood vessels from the Phaidon publication 'Heaven and Earth' and an image of Mary Astor in Don Juan from 'A World of Movies: 70 years of Film History', whoops-four elements and an ear from somewhere...Blue Velvet?
'And every step I take. Takes me further from heaven. Is there a heaven? I'd like to think so.'

Dandelion seed head

'Dandelion seed head' collage by Paul Vallance

Vertigo

'Vertigo (Kim Novak and male model defying gravity)' collage by Paul Vallance

Sailing ship

I found this model ship in a charity shop. I've changed the sails. It reminds me a bit of the ship on the Blue Peter badge.

Kafka's tree

"Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; 

don't edit your soul according to the fashion. 

 Rather follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly." Franz Kafka.

Cathedral

'Cathedral' collage by Paul Vallance

These hands were sculpted by Rodin in 1908. He named the sculpture Cathedral. The illustration comes from the cover of a 1950's Phaidon Rodin monograph. I've added trees from a photograph of a Saharan oasis, an image of the sun's corona, and a butterfly, I think its a Comma.
I like the prayerful feel of this collage. After I'd assembled it I realised that Rodin had joined two right hands, so in a way the image could also be taken to represent the union of two people as well as the interconnectedness of form and emptiness, the non-dual.

Harvest moon

'Harvest moon (because I'm still in love with you on this harvest moon)' collage by Paul Vallance

Embryonic

'Embryonic' (companion to 'Portal') collage by Paul Vallance. I think Stanley Kubrick might have liked this one?

Portal

'Portal' collage by Paul Vallance

Frozen

'Frozen' collage by Paul Vallance

Some surrealist jokes

What do you get when you cross a surrealist with a mafia don? An offer you can't understand.


Last night I ate a huge mirror - it was shattering.


I have a very nice stepladder. Sadly I never knew my real ladder.


(well they made me laugh anyway).