perhaps i was eden 2023

PERHAPS I WAS EDEN

PHOTOSYNTHESIS II EXHIBITION

Albertine Monroe-Brown Gallery

Richmond Center for Visual Arts

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, Michigan

August 22 through November 18, 2023

This series of four paintings is a pictorial ekphrastic response to Marion Boyer’s poem “Perhaps I was Eden”.

Boyer wrote the poem in the voice of Antarctica narrating the continental and climate changes that occurred over hundreds of thousands (billions) of years.

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panel 01

Panel I

PERHAPS I WAS EDEN

Mixed Media, 2022 - 2023

Digitally layered combinations of ink drawings, graphite renderings, textured oil pastel paintings and tusche washes. The color was added digitally - then the composition was imaged with archival ink on archival fine art paper.

The print was adhered to archival gator board with archival adhesive. Encaustic media was added to enhance the physical texture.

Image dimensions: 30" by 15"

panel 02

Panel II

PERHAPS I WAS EDEN

Mixed Media, 2022 - 2023

Digitally layered combinations of ink drawings, graphite renderings, textured oil pastel paintings and tusche washes. Color was added digitally - then the composition was imaged with archival ink on archival fine art paper.

The print was adhered to archival gator board with archival adhesive. Encaustic media was added to enhance the physical texture.

Image dimensions: 30" by 15"

panel 03

Panel III

PERHAPS I WAS EDEN

Mixed Media, 2022 - 2023

The print was adhered to archival gator board with archival adhesive. Encaustic media and oil pastel was added to enhance the physical texture and color.

Image dimensions: 30" by 15"

panel 04

Panel IV

PERHAPS I WAS EDEN

Mixed Media, 2022 - 2023

The print was adhered to archival gator board with archival adhesive. Encaustic media and oil pastel was added to enhance the physical texture and color.

Image dimensions: 30" by 15"