In attempting to define collage over the years, Gary-Ross Pastrana has fortuitously stumbled upon the evolution of his own practice. The result has become a clear indication of not just forms and images being developed but of a kind of language in its own right—his own. One that is communicated through the act of cutting and pasting pieces of paper and, in some cases, a return to painting—either combined with his collage compositions or on canvas. In this latest series of works he calls sign…