Daring to Defy the Medium_Collage

This is special to be accepted into the National Association of Women Artists online exhibition called Defying the Medium__What is Collage?

My collage of Ikebana Sensei will be displayed from today, March 20, 2015 through June 20, 2015 on:

ww.nawa.org

This is a study of a man deeply  contemplating  what and where a lily should be placed in his arrangement. He is a Sensei which means teacher in Japanese. He is a special ranking of a teacher as he has studied and been recognized by the master teacher of a school of ikebana which is the oldest school, Ikenobo. This school has been around for over 200 years in Japan. Now many students from many countries study ikebana.

My art is created on canvas and has very small pieces of paper torn from magazines which are glued onto the canvas to create Ikebana Sensei.