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About Me:  My name is Kimberly Wlassak and I am a mixed media artist. I generally work in collage and water-color. I am also a gardener, so I like to use images of my garden in my collages. I also use images of my pets and sometimes family and friends. The freedom of collage is addictive! My passion for collage in general started in elementary school and I've been in love with it ever since. My fascination for collage lies in the fact that I can create worlds that never truly existed together before. I can inter-twine different time periods and I can make things live together that never lived together before. It gives new life to old photos that have been thrown by the way side. Through these photos, I can "introduce" people that never knew each other in "real life". Maybe I can connect a small boy from 1921 Missouri with an old house from turn-of-the-century England. Now, the boy has a new home inside my collage. I love the texture of collage, the layering and the lines of definition. I hope that you have a chance to take a peek at my cards and that you are intrigued and curious about these newly created worlds.

Welcome to Garden Painter Art. A surreal and colorful world filled with unexpected twists and turns.