Colin TALCROFT Born: 1960 New York, New York Medium: mixed media monotype collage Originally from New York, Colin lived in Brooklyn as a child and then spent much of his youth in Ohio. One year while in high school he went to Japan as an exchange student. After a year at Webster College in St. Louis, he earned an undergraduate degree in Japanese and a master’s degree in modern Japanese literature from Ohio State University.  Colin then moved back to Japan, living there between 1984 and 2000, mostly in Tokyo. In 2000, he relocated with his family to Santa Rosa, California. I’ve made drawings, paintings, and photographs since childhood. Collage is a new pursuit (since summer 2013)—but one I’ve quickly come to enjoy. I paint with abandon on paper, cut the paintings up and glue them back together in new ways. I paint on paper and use still-wet colors to print onto other sheets of paper that I then slice and dice. I make monotypes (pressing paper directly onto colors spread on glass). I enjoy seeing compositions emerge from the paper elements as I arrange them and contemplate their relationships. I hope you enjoy looking at my collages as much as I enjoy making them. The Talcroft creations are rich with both color and texture, yet he has a wonderful eye for how best to juxtapose elements in a harmonious and appealing blend.  When viewed in a group, you can see the broad variations in theme he has explored.  Each piece is float-mounted and matted by the artist with acid-free conservation matboard. Exhibitions: Suikatou, Tokyo     Mominoki Gallery, Tokyo Art Works Downtown, San Rafael  The Spinster Sisters, Santa Rosa    The Canvas Gallery, San Francisco    Healdsburg Center for the Arts, Healdsburg   O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol    Rohnert Park Public Library, Rohnert Park     Mario Uribe’s Seishin Studio, Santa Rosa    Hammerfriar Gallery, Healdsburg