Working on BUNNY HEAD SQUAD centerfolds inspired this bit o' collage.

Inspire. I've decided to do xmas cards this year, so I went to the dollar store and bought a couple boxes of cards...then I started doing things to them. Here are a few of the results. I'm not sure who I'm sending these to yet. 

Smiley Guy with Fish Hair. The inside. 

Li Ha. The back of my first card. 

The Daily Hell. This and the next image are from my second xmas card. 

Hot Water. 

Christmas is, of course, the time of year for photographic experimentation. Here are a few of my favorites from a recent batch. 

Photo 2 

Photo 3 

Contrary to what my wife says, I have been busy this summer. Besides hanging with my kids, I also made over a hundred collages this summer, most of which I mailed off to unsuspecting victims... (My brother stole a couple from me before I could get the stamps on them...)

Inherent in the collage format, at least as I like to practice it, is a sense of experimentation. Sometimes I like the results, sometimes I don't. It's all a part of the game...

Of the mass of materials I mailed out this season, the items below were some of my favorites...

If you want to send me something, feel free. I love stuff...

Rick Yates
2808 Florida Street
Longview, WA 98632


I start back to school in a few days (I'm a grad student at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon, USA... working on a degree in English, not art... But that's probably obvious from my works here!!!) so I can't guarantee that I'll get something back to you right away... but I'll sure as heck try!!!

Thanks!

"Not That You Would" 

"US Culture May Face Penalty" 

"Overpower Death" 

"Gone in a Flash" 

"Glamorous" 

"Pitfalls and Alternatives" 

"Fresher Means Crunchier" 

"Feed the Dragon" 

"Wireless Teeth" 

"Security Risk" 

"Theoretical Possibility" 

"Judgement" 

"Safety for My System" 

"We See" 

"Ray, The Key to Balance" 

"Your Enticing Expressions..."