UP UP & AWAY

handmade paper collage by collage artist Dave (@davesocozy). Original, 13 by 19 inches.

A dense, surreal collage layered over a painting of red geraniums in a terracotta pot. Cut-out letters spell up up and away beside a hand holding a dripping ice cream cone. Foil stars, butterflies and moths, a yellow smiley sticker, and a flexing cartoon bear cover the flowers, while torn black-and-white pictures, an eagle, a vulture, a boxy television, and the wide-eyed face of Salvador Dali crowd the edges.