Watercolor, pen and ink, corn seeds and relief and archival inkjet prints. Test tubes are housed in a box.
Part of a larger series on corn and agriculture. The book is comprised of smaller miniature books inside of two test tubes.
Pen & Ink, colored pencil, found and altered text, digital inkjet print on Rives BFK and Arches Cover. Books are housed in petri dishes.
“The suite of three books condenses and represents specific species encountered by Charles Darwin while aboard the HMS Beagle and during his travels and exploration of the Galapagos Islands.”
Altered book and mixed media: relief prints, pen & ink, found text, acrylic paint, petri dishes.
“Darwin at Sea is part of a larger body of work that comments on Charles Darwin’s travels aboard the HMS Beagle and his theories of evolution.”
Watercolor on found and altered pages from On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin, housed in a petri dish.
“#42 is part of a larger installation of 52 cells. Originally prompted by Charles DArwin’s 200th birthday, the installation began in 2009 with 25 petri dishes filled with small compositions made by myself and gallery visitors. The cells grew to include 52 petri dish compositions that include variations on specimens and book forms, each its own sample of or musing on the natural or theorized world.”
