Out of Balance is a series of over forty collages on illustration board using clippings from fashion and design magazines. They are presented in grids and have mountings in behind to float off the wall.

As part of my regular artistic practice I have always done work on paper, alongside any other bodies of work I may be producing. It helps me to think and concentrate in a different way.

This series began in a playful manner, but then became an addiction and transformed into a one-year project. Each piece took me deeper into a different world. In a context where I had limited time and space, it allowed me to work quickly and to experiment. In the compositions, I consciously avoid images of recognizable objects and the human body. I use found colored paper like paint, and searched for textures and shapes to create space. Each collage has its own logic. They are abstract and, as such, play with all the traditional concerns of composition, color combination, shape, volume, etc. I try to create chaos out of order and order out of chaos. I want to defy predictability, despite wanting order and balance.

In the end the collages push me into a dance of falling, failing and balancing, a bit like life. It is only in the falling that I find the magic of the unintended, the surprise and the clarity of the unexpected. In most cases falling out of balance seems the most natural thing to do.