Mixed media artist DB Waterman’s formative years as an artist were spent studying at the Art Academy in Den Bosch, NL. Today, she regards herself as self-taught, having developed her own distinct style out of the untraditional medium of collage. Waterman’s work unites a variety of materials in careful compositions that she prides for their storytelling ability.
Waterman assembles original photography, assorted papers, acrylics, oil, charcoal, ink and pencil in her works. The variety of resources she is able to use has proved indispensable to Waterman, who says the biggest challenge the collage medium posed was its unforgiving lack of transparency. Finding a way to replicate the effects of transparency afforded by paint, especially watercolours, was “a large victory” for the artist. The labour shows through in Waterman’s collages; layers upon layers of material remain visible in the finished pieces.
Waterman’s body of work is characterised by her skill for reinvention. Having always loved the appearance of weathered walls plastered with peeling paint and old posters, Waterman revives this aesthetic with a keen eye. The creative objective of her work is to “make something beautiful out of dilapidation.” Her tableaus explore the dissonance between old and new materials, beautifully intertwined in dreamlike and melancholy images.
© 2018. All images are copyrighted © by DB Waterman. The use of any image from this site is prohibited unless prior written permission is obtained.
Waterman assembles original photography, assorted papers, acrylics, oil, charcoal, ink and pencil in her works. The variety of resources she is able to use has proved indispensable to Waterman, who says the biggest challenge the collage medium posed was its unforgiving lack of transparency. Finding a way to replicate the effects of transparency afforded by paint, especially watercolours, was “a large victory” for the artist. The labour shows through in Waterman’s collages; layers upon layers of material remain visible in the finished pieces.
Waterman’s body of work is characterised by her skill for reinvention. Having always loved the appearance of weathered walls plastered with peeling paint and old posters, Waterman revives this aesthetic with a keen eye. The creative objective of her work is to “make something beautiful out of dilapidation.” Her tableaus explore the dissonance between old and new materials, beautifully intertwined in dreamlike and melancholy images.
© 2018. All images are copyrighted © by DB Waterman. The use of any image from this site is prohibited unless prior written permission is obtained.
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| Ms DB Waterman |
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| ANYWAY THE WIND BLOWS, 40 X 40 x 1.5 cm |
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| CALL OF NATURE, 40 x 40 cm |
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| EGO'S, 40 X 40 x 1.5 cm |
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| FALL IN LOVE, 40 X 40 cm |
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| FROZEN, 40 X 40 x 1.5 cm |
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| GREY SUMMER BREEZE, 40 X 40 x 1.5 cm |
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| NO FINISH LINE, 40 X 40 x 1.5 cm |
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| WATER WHISPERS, 40 X 40 x 1.5 cm |
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| WE'LL MEET AGAIN, 40 x 40 x 1.5 cm |
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| WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR, 40 X 40 x 1.5 cm |
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| LEAVING THE LUCIDE LANDSCAPE, 80 x 80 x 0.6 cm |
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| AWAKENING, 70 x 50 x 5 cm |
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| ME AND MY PAL, 40 X 50 cm |
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| ROAD TO NOWHERE, 50 X 70 cm |
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| DAY FOR NIGHT, 40 x 50 cm |
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| BRING IT ON, 50 X 70 cm |
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| WILD WORLD, 48 x 63 cm |
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| RHETORICAL WIZARD, 120 x 60 x 2 cm |
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| FOUR CORNERS, 90 x 60 X 2 cm |
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| TOWARDS TOGETHER, 120 x 80 X 2 cm |
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| LADY DAY, 120 x 80 x 2 cm |
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| UNDER THE BRIDGE, 41 x 29.5 cm |
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| PINK HAZE, 41 x 29.5 cm |
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| JUST FORGET ABOUT THE WORLD, 60 x 60 X 3,5 cm |
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| SO WHAT ?! 30 x 48 cm |
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| SMOOTH POWER, 25 x 34.5 cm |
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| RESISTANCE, 62 x 48 cm |
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| STATEMENT, 60 X 60 cm |
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| IT'S HANGING IN THE AIR, 26 X 36 cm |
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| LONG HOT SUMMER, 63 X 47,5 cm |
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| UNRAVEL, 63 X 47,5 cm |
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| SILENT SUITS II, 42 x 55 cm |
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| CAPTURED, 74 x 48.5 cm |
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| DARK SURROUNDINGS, 48 x 34.5 cm |
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| OF ALL PLACES., 63 X 40 cm |
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| GOLDEN BROWN , 30 X 48 cm |
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| IMAGINARY FRIEND, 37 x 48 cm |
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| DESERT TRAIL, 25.3 x 36.7 cm |
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| ENDLESS SUMMERS, 26 X 36 cm |
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| SWORN FRIENDS AT THE YELLOW RIVER, 37 X 51 cm |
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| WHAT LIES TANGLED, 27.5 x 38.5 cm |
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| ICE QUEENS, 66 X 47 cm |
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| MOST WANTED, 41.7 x 62 cm |
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| STREET WITH A VIEW, 20 X 30 cm |
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| ONE DAY OUT, 19.5 X 27 cm |
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| AFTERMATH, 25 X 32 cm |
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| FIRST GRAFFITI, 19.5 X 27 cm |
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| TARGET, 62 x 43,5 cm |
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| ME AND MY LITTLE SISTER II, 62.5 x 48 cm |
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| SIX MONTH LEAVE, 62.5 X 43.5 cm |
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| RED OLD TREE, 40 X 43.5 cm |
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| FIVE MINUTES PAST TWELVE, 63 X 43.5 cm |
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| IN MEMORY OF, 62.5 X 44 cm |
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| WHAT I WANTED TO TELL YOU, 63 X 44 cm |
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| BEAUTIFUL TONIGHT, 46 X 40.5 cm |
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| ALL OVER, 63 X 43 cm |
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