Molasses Moon Rise, 2015
Closed clamshell: 8 x 5 x 1 inch
Installation view: 8 x 20 x 18 inches
Letterpress; painted paper with gesso, ink, and acrylic dots, book cloth,ocean stone, laser cut binders board, custom enclosure
Edition of 4.
Molasses Moon Rise commemorates an adventure on a tiny Caribbean island:
A night when five friends rode bikes down a desolate sugar cane road to watch a midnight moon rise on an obscure little beach.
Each element in this collection: a four-panel accordion painting on paper with handset letterpress text composed by the artist, a small painting on board and a flat, moon-shaped stone (from that said beach); is designed for the reader, to remember your own moments by the sea.
I invite you to hold the stone and meditate on the painting, the words and your own experiences.