Release, (Original), 11×17″, unframed, $275 (SOLD, private collector)

The Original (SOLD, Private Collector)

Release by Robin Rivers, an original mixed-media collage, is No. 3 in the Dreamscape Series. I created this piece using vintage and handmade papers and matte medium on paper. 

It measures 11×17″.  I will ship this piece flat to ensure no creasing occurs.  Please note that colours and contrast vary between different monitors.  The colours of the print may not match your monitor’s display exactly. Additionally, copyright of my artwork does not transfer with purchase.

The Inspiration

I created this piece as a part of the Dreamscape Series. Butterflies have always fascinated me and I have been deeply inspired by the work of Polish makeup artist Beata Bojda with her intricate Polish headdresses and her powerful portraits of women wearing them. That gave me this idea, to create a butterfly headdress and offer up this powerful woman releasing the butterflies into the ethers.

The Artist

Robin Rivers is a multidisciplinary storyteller, exploring the nature of time through memory, myth, and magic. Her work often includes her original photography, handmade papers, ephemera collected on her travels, and retellings of old stories; and is deeply influenced by her Polish and French roots. Robin creates all pieces at Studio Albertine in Vancouver, Canada—on the unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples. This includes the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

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