Month: April 2020

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“Seeking sound and seeking sight.”

Panel nine in the box for the artwork, Horizons. 10 x 12 x 16 inches. Acrylic paint, plexiglass, finished plywood, and LED lights. 2020.

This work, Horizons, explores light, transparency, abstraction, and non-traditional book materials. The poem within, accompanied by abstract paintings , describes travel across various locations but does not hint at the twist in the final line.

  • Panel one in the box for the artwork, Horizons. 10 x 12 x 16 inches. Acrylic paint, plexiglass, finished plywood, and LED lights. 2020.
  • Panel three in the box for the artwork, Horizons. 10 x 12 x 16 inches. Acrylic paint, plexiglass, finished plywood, and LED lights. 2020.
  • Panel six in the box for the artwork, Horizons. 10 x 12 x 16 inches. Acrylic paint, plexiglass, finished plywood, and LED lights. 2020.
  • Panel seven in the box for the artwork, Horizons. 10 x 12 x 16 inches. Acrylic paint, plexiglass, finished plywood, and LED lights. 2020.

Read here for more about Horizons.

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DNA of Books

A photo of the double helix of Our World from the top. 5 x 5 inches. Acrylic paint, white paper, black ink, invisible ink, and black book cloth. 2020.

Our World is an experimental book structure using a double helix as its pages. The art also explores the relationship between the three academic strands: STEM, Social Sciences, and Humanities, in connection to the concept of knowledge about earth and the world around us. Read more about the work here.

  • The box cover and book cover for Our World. 5 x 5 inches. Acrylic paint, white paper, black ink, invisible ink, and black book cloth. 2020.
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Other Worlds

  • A detail photograph from the top of In Praise of Style. 4 x 6 inches. Watercolor paper, black ink, and black book cloth. 2020.
  • A full image of In Praise of Style. 4 x 6 inches. Watercolor paper, black ink, and black book cloth. 2020.

In these hard, stressful, and unusual times artwork can provide a window of escape. Most especially books and music, with their ability to create other worlds into which we can escape for hours. This artist’s book, In Praise of Style, combines both music and books in its ode to the song, Élan, by Nightwish.

For the song, Élan, please see this link to Nightwish’s official youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WsOaSUXRHE

For more about this work, see this page.

  • A front image of the tunnel book, In Praise of Style. 4 x 6 inches. Watercolor paper, black ink, and black book cloth. 2020.
  • A close photo of the edging details and lettering for In Praise of Style. 4 x 6 inches. Watercolor paper, black ink, and black book cloth. 2020.