About Colleen
“Colleen Attara, of Bucks County, went green by instinct and by design. She describes her finished works as ‘imperfectly perfect’ because she uses the imperfections in recycled materials as part of her signature style. Colleen breeds new life into old objects.” PBS, WLVT-TV
Colleen Attara creates three-dimensional joyful art from reclaimed materials. Two elements that are always present in her art are reusing discarded materials and strong, contrasting colors. These repurposed materials include business signs that are taken down and replaced and an array of other discarded plastics that give her work dimension. She uses “oops” paint (mistake paint purchased from home improvement stores) as often as possible. Colleen finds old windows and frames in salvage yards to use as canvases for her work. She continually seeks out ways to be truly “green” and has formed partnerships with a plastic fabricating company and local sign companies to reuse their scrap pieces in her artwork.
