Julie heller collages 2014

M o s t o f M y c o l l a g e s a r e f a c e s – portraits I am compelled

to render due to a mental tic that makes me see eyes and other

facial elements in objects & images around me. How easily (and

often) my mind is fooled into thinking I’ve seen someone hidden.

Sometimes I resist & ignore the impulse, but often I am compelled

to envision the full likeness of the person I feel I have found hiding.

I feel haunted by them unless/until I render their portrait via collage.

I use pictures torn from books & magazines, postage stamps, tickets,

or whatever else is at hand & feels right. Sometimes I work digitally

(placing elements I’ve scanned or found online, using Photoshop).

Some of my collages are hybrids– begun digitally and completed

with torn paper and paste, or vice versa. I use a less compulsive

process for commissioned portraits (of real people). Whether they are

real or not, I adore the process & visual effect of capturing someone’s

essence in this way.

I love the way viewers respond when they see my work from afar,

then move closer to the point at which they lose sight of the face, and

see instead its abstract components. Sometimes they laugh or smile,

and I’m happy not to be the only one whose mind is playing tricks.

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Julie Heller | Collages

1 she’s all about Birds , digital collage.


2 Untitled , digital collage.


3 aiming true , collage of torn paper.


4 Untitled , digital collage.


5 Boxing girl , digital collage.

6 Bird in Hand , digital collage.



7 ooh, girl , Collage of pages from an old travel book, a postage stamp & acid-free paste.


8 young Patriot , torn paper, postage stamps, paper currency & acid-free paste.


9 ambition Inflames the Mind , postage stamps, carnival ticket, found paper & acid-free paste.


10 Modestly Patriotic , Postage stamps, one envelope & acid-free paste.


11 Historic Preservation girl , 3 postage stamps, bit of a magazine, ColorAid paper & acid-free paste.


12 Queen girl , Postage stamps, a page from Vogue, ColorAid paper & acid-free paste.


13 cat ran Up , Children’s book page, ticket, page from a Saks catalog & acid-free paste.


14 young general , Postage stamps, a magazine page & acid-free paste.

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15 good girl, postage stamps & acid-free paste.

Julie heller collages 2014

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