I worked on this piece, Shadow Profile, in April and May of 2018. These are some process shots from inside my studio showing different stages. The whole piece was made by sewing 7 pieces of standard printmaking and watercolor paper together to make 1 larger "quilted" piece of paper. On this piece of paper I glued down inkjet enlargements of images I had selected for this piece. Once the images had been glued down onto the larger piece of paper I painted out the lighter areas with black paint, leaving an overall dark piece with the sewn lines still exposed. Once the lighter areas were painted out with black paint I used a mop and painted a faint blue swirl over the entire piece. I always wanted to experiment with using a mop to paint after seeing Warhol's large skull paintings. Once the blue swirl dried and I repainted some of the black I cut the piece into vertically angled strips and sewed them back together at a staggered angle. I wanted to reference the way rocks are stratified during earthquakes with these vertical angles.
Inkjet enlargements glued down to the larger piece of "quilted" paper
The lighter ares partially painted black with a blue swirl painted over the whole piece.
More light areas painted over with black, the piece laying on the floor.
All the lighter areas painted over with black and whole piece of paper cut/torn and partially sewn back together.
almost complete but still a few more vertically angled cuts to make in the whole piece
completed and hanging on my studio wall
