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Escaping PA, 2022
A Collage by Leslee Cramer

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This collage is inspired by my time spent living in rural Pennsylvania. PA is full generational industrial workers; steel workers, coal miners and farmers. I wasn't happy there. Gray and dreary. Rarely saw sunshine.
Seems to me that Andy Warhol may have felt out of place there as much as I did. He certainly must have dreamed of his eventual fame in the larger NYC art scene.
I believe Andy Warhol lived his American dream. He applied his art skills to create the success and fame that he dreamed of.
So, here's Andy, stuck in a rural shack in Shit Towne, PA surrounded by livestock and industry. Wasn't enough for him. He didn't fit in. You can see him dreaming bigger and planning his escape. He's obsessed with fame and all that it brings. He sees art in the ordinary and made sure everyone else did too.
Seems we both escaped.
I use a multilayered collage process. The canvas is painted, then stamps to create more texture and pattern. All collage pieces were hand cut from art history books and decoupaged to the canvas. Paint pens used in the details.

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Limited Edition | canvas, ink, acrylic, paper, 8" x 10" x 1"

Limited Edition | canvas, ink, acrylic, paper, 10" x 8" x 1"