The message of this collage is: Anything is possible. The text in the art accents this, "Spaces of infinite possibilities." I glazed the 9" x 12" canvasboard with two layers of paint, for depth. It's forest green, glazed over a warm tan shade, to complement the sky in the lightning images. The next layer is a photo from a fashion magazine. The woman is clearly stylish in it, and I wanted to convey the idea of a woman with a profound sense of self, as well as a personal statement. On top of that image, I've placed a photo of my maternal grandmother. This photo was taken around 1916, when she was first engaged to my grandfather. He was, literally, the "boy next door," and they lived in a very working class neighborhood. What they had in common was flair and a lot of dreams. In time, my grandfather's inventions and art made them millions. Their dreams came true, and they lived long and happy lives together. On either side of my grandmother's photo, I've placed pieces of a photo of lightning in a field. For me, lightning is always about change and energy... it generally predicts something exciting that's about to happen. The weeks before my oldest child was born, heat lightning lit the sky every night, and today she loves thunderstorms as well as adventure. To me, the line "Spaces of infinite possibilities" means several things. In the context of this collage, it refers to the possibilities that open up over time... between the time when my grandmother's photo was taken, and the time when the fashion photo appeared. It also means that anything is possible, if one recognizes the many possibilities at hand. This collage was assembled with gel medium as the adhesive and the sealer. The 9" x 12" canvas is about 1/2" larger on each side, than shows in the scan. (My scanner was designed for letter-sized scanning.) The edges of the canvasboard are more of the green-toned glaze that you can see in the scan. I'm particularly pleased with this collage.