Figural drawings inspired by the non representational marbled ground. Lovers was part of a series of works devoted to merging representational drawing with complete abstraction. It began as a water marbled image covered later with ink illustrations, then photographed and manipulated digitally. Finally, it was reprinted on archival paper.
“On White Eyes” explores two moments in American history when societal events collided with new modes of visual representation in ways that forced white Americans to pay more attention to their conceptions of race.
Handmade artist's book (8 pages) with screen printed band. Compilation of one-second laser-engraved field recordings taken on the Grinnell College campus and in downtown Grinnell with additional text debossed into each page.