Kenneth Rougeau composes creative collage constructions in a surreal fashion. He works primarily in the digital medium, as it allows the most freedom of expression, but does enjoy creating one-of-a-kind original paper & mixed media collages whenever time & resources allow.

Ken has recently created an experimental series of explorable “strata” collages which are essentially small altered art books that can be opened and examined, which he calls “de Composition” books because they are made from small, tattered & torn composition books which are covered with imagery.

His most recent digital collage series, Ascensions, combines vintage anatomical images with fairy-like butterfly wings to create a sorrowfully evocative set of surrealistic scenes. He admits that the piece entitled Patience was in fact inspired “a bit by Salvador Dali & a bit by the Grateful Dead.” Arguably the most powerful piece in the series, Metamorphosis, conveys mans need to change and evolve, to become more than he is by depicting an anatomical “angel” who has evolved beyond his need for the “outer layers” that hide his true identity.

Ken first began creating digital collages “seriously” after creating a series of 18 images to illustrate Alice In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. He has since followed up with a second series based on Through The Looking Glass.

Anthropomorphism implies the attribution of human feelings, emotions &/or qualities to non-human animals & objects. Kenneth Rougeau‘s series of anthropomorphic collages give us a glimpe into an alternate universe in which English dandies become Dandy Lions , where a secretary bird sits, parasol in hand, to interview for a clerical position, and where raccoons rob people at gunpoint.

Kenneth Rougeau has created numerous other digital collages, many of which are inspired by songs, poetry, and stories. Among these are Waiting For Godot, based on the Samuel Beckett play, and Apres Moi Le Deluge, inspired by the Regina Spektor song of the same name.