Geoff Allan is an Edinburgh based artist who specialises in collage, using a combination of found material and his own digital images. He is currently working from a studio space at Coburg House Art Studios in Leith, and is planning to exhibit a new series of landscapes and seascapes in the autumn of this year.
Head and shoulders of Geoff Allan with sunglasses on his scalp in Belize Once I start talking about my work, I find it difficult to get off the subject so I'm conscious of keeping this as brief as possible. Fortunately the idea is pretty simple. I make composite images and 'assemblage' on particular themes, using materials collected from a wide range of sources, including magazines, newspapers, calendars, and also incorporating my own photographs. The subtlety of the composite pictures lies in the strict adherence to a simple rule that only one square is taken from each piece of source material. This means that although the final images look familiar they don't actually exist. The assemblage pictures have varying levels of complexity depending on the amount of material I have available to incorporate within the final image.

Below are a series of slideshows that illustrate the process involved in constructing three of the composite pictures. In the final slideshow 'I'm a Celebrity', I have included a number of the original images used in the final work.

I have twelve limited edition prints available for sale, and I also accept commissions. For more details, or to make any other comments, please get in touch via the contact page.

Thanks for taking an interest in the site,
Cheers

Geoff Allan
July 2010