Brush painting and calligraphy in Asia are much entangled, so much so, that an ink brush painting is frequently understood as having been “written” rather than “painted”.
This loose-leaf work, Written Landscape borrows from that notion in a contemporary way, while at the same being tied to Western and Eastern traditions. It unfolds like a map and stores back into a small self-fastening enclosure. Measures 10 x 24 inches, (25.5 x 61 cm). The total edition number between loose leaf and book versions is 20. Ten were made into single-page books. Signed and numbered.
My artist books, broadsides, and loose-leaf editions are published in very small numbers, as low as five. All are hand-printed and hand-bound (in the case of books) by me, all are signed and numbered. While I am trying to be perfect, I am human, not a machine. Some variations in the editioned work are to be expected due to the processes, materials, and the artist’s change of mind. It is exactly what makes the work collectible: each piece is an original work of art. The pieces employ printmaking like original etchings, woodcuts, carborundum, screen prints, monotype, monoprint, and letterpress. Nothing is produced using digital reproduction methods.
$400