The Amazing Eunice Parsons

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A profile & interview with a beloved Portland collagist

Portland ,Oregon-based artist Eunice Parsons is one of the longest-working collagists in the world. At 98, she has been making collages for nearly 50 years.

This artist profile appeared in Kolaj #13. SUBSCRIBE to Kolaj Magazine or Get a Copy of the Issue.

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Liz Cohn offers this profile and interview in which Parsons remarks, “Collage offers a freedom to shift individual elements without limitations—to add, subtract, cross out, paint over until the total image achieves something new and different.”

This artist profile appeared in Kolaj #13. SUBSCRIBE to Kolaj Magazine or Get a Copy of the Issue.

Image (top):
untitled collage by Eunice Parsons

Image (centre):
Eunice Parsons in her studio
Photograph by Liz Cohn