Sun

Sun. Collage by Paul Vallance.

Bird cage

Bird cage, collage by Paul Vallance.

The background ironwork image is from an old b/w Thames and Hudson photogravure book on England. To this Ive added Italian film star Alida Vali (Baroness Alida Maria Laura Altenburger von Markenstein-Frauenberg!) from a book of John Kobal colour portraits, and on top of that three little birds (western tanagers) from a book of Audubon birds.

Inside out

Inside out collage by Paul Vallance

Purification

'Purification' collage by Paul Vallance.

Vertebrae

'Vertebrae' collage by Paul Vallance.

Born with the moon in Cancer

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.