second homage to joseph cornell

Cut-paper collage with acrylic paint. 7" x 81/2"

To make this collage, I started with a blue background for which, I'm embarrassed to admit, I do not know the artist. If you recognize it, please take me out of my misery and let me know whose it is!

Then I doodled on it with long strips of paper and acrylic paint. Then I added five pieces from a Joseph Cornell collage, creatively titled "Untitled." And the book I found it in didn't even have the sense to include a date!

If you are an artist of any stripe--photography, paint, collage, whatever--please... take this piece of advice: TITLE all of your artworks. When people quote you or sample you or otherwise pay homage to your work, how will they give you credit, unless you give them a title? It doesn't have to be fancy. It can be "Sunset, April 30, 2018." But please, give it a title.

Meanwhile, if you'd like to see my first collage to Joseph Cornell, which was more creative, because it didn't include anyone else's work, not even Cornell's, here it is.