annabelle weatherly

Annabelle Weatherly, perfume for my life, 2025, collage, resin, and mixed media on wood, 22 x 29 1/2 inches, photo John Vetromile

PERFUME FOR MY LIFE

I love collage because it feels like creating several small artworks and bringing them together into one piece. I’m inspired by the torn advertisements you see in the subway. Since
I also work as a model, it becomes a kind of full-circle transformation of imagery. For this collage,
I combined two techniques: vintage magazines treated with a solvent called Citra Solv, and layers of resin.

For this issue, I wanted to make a perfume-inspired piece. Perfume is glamorous, of course, but I was also thinking about how scent functions like an aura. Glamour, to me, is not just about the material world — it’s an attitude, a sense of elegance and celebration. I reflected on experiences that felt like “perfume…