For the past year and a half or so, I've had an awkward habit of clipping obituary notices out of the newspaper. But I only go for the photos of the recently deceased old woman pictured as a young gal. Not sure why. It all started with Lillian (see below...somewhere.) Her photo was so dark (literally) and melancholy and beautiful that I had to clip it out. From there, my collection spontaneously grew. I had no specific plans for these clippings (apart from creepily collecting photos of peoples' dead relatives) but I ultimately decided to make portraits of these gals. Each of these is approximately 4" x 5", on ripped-up scraps of printmaking paper. I'd hopefully like to make one or two substantially large, highly-rendered drawings on wooden panels. I know these women, I know their stories, and I'd like to hope that they are okay with what I'm doing.
