Jesse Draxler is an artist work­ing in col­lage, as well as some­one that par­tic­i­pates in artist col­lec­tives. Per­haps most impor­tantly of all, he hails from the Mid­west (Min­nesota), like myself.

I kid about that last part. But, in all seri­ous­ness, I really enjoy Jesse’s work. It is a nice com­bi­na­tion of cut paper, draw­ing, and pho­tog­ra­phy. I am espe­cially a fan of his use of news­pa­per and typog­ra­phy — it’s nice to see type and images work­ing together as col­lage ele­ments rather than just words on newsprint. We can then appro­pri­ate it as a dec­o­ra­tive element.

There are many inter­est­ing pieces to Jesse’s work; it is a bit mor­bid (you’ve got the use of bight green paint as blood drip­ping from a woman’s mouth), and a mix­ture of vin­tage and mod­ern (old pho­tographs with mod­ern shape and color).

Jesse is also involved in a cou­ple of artist col­lec­tives, includ­ing being a co-founder of the WAFA Global Artist Col­lec­tive. WAFA is com­mit­ted to the sup­port of emerg­ing artists, and has a lot of won­der­ful work from their mem­bers as well. Definitly worth your time in check­ing out.

All images via his web­site.