Technique
My collage/paintings are created by layering print and paint on 140 pound Reeves cold press paper. I have created a lifting and layering process that recycles high-quality print advertising. Commercial images, paper fragments and graffiti combine in a juxtaposition of visual elements to create texture in planar shapes.
About the Work
Icons/Aliens
Aliens monitor our hero worship and abduct our finest specimens. We create the aliens in our icon-addicted world.
Evocative Landscapes
What is the purpose of place? Who are the ghosts in our landscapes? Home is a building, but the dreams of our past linger even when the building is empty.
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As designer Tokujin Yoshioka says: "once it is worded, I fear that the image disappears.'”
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As shown at Towle Hill Studios, Corinth VT 2009, 2010.
Groschner completed his MFA at the University of Michigan where he worked with his mentor, renowned lithographer Emil Weddige (deceased). He taught at U of M until he joined a commercial art studio that supplied art and photography for print advertising, in Detroit. Groschner's studio is in Pittsburgh.
