Cosmic Summer No. 13, paper collage, 2026

I love retro-spacey beach art. For that reason, whenever I find vintage beach imagery, whether in magazines or on postcards, it’s pretty much a foregone conclusion that I am going to pair it with a spacey sky. Indeed, I have a rather sizable collection of retro-futuristic summer-themed collages (30+) that are titled “Cosmic Summer,” “Cosmic Beach,” or some variation thereof.

Here’s a sampling of that collection—some old, some new—as well as a few of my own photos from the Adriatic coast.

I hope you enjoy these experiments in collage art.