At the Bend in the Bright River is a collection of portraits that celebrate the beauty and stillness of quiet moments of intimacy between me and members of my queer family. Heavily influenced by film, literature, and queer temporality theories, the portraits explore the passage of time in intimate relationships by combining elements of photographic and drawn information. By combining elements of drawing and photography within a body of lithographic prints I aim to complicate, prolong, and elaborate on the act of reproducing the likeness of another person. The portraits of At the Bend in the Bright River are bolstered by a series of smaller contextual images that bridge and complicate the relationship between each of the sitters.
Tina with Coffee, Lithograph, 34 x 26”, 2023
Austen with her Life in Boxes in the Centre of her New Living Room, Lithograph, 34 x 24”, 2023
Connor with an Orange, Lithograph, 16 x 20”, 2023
Parked Cars, Lithograph, 16 x 20”, 2023
Driving, Lithograph, 16 x 20”, 2023
Connor with Coffee I, Lithograph, 16 x 20”, 2023
Connor with Coffee II, Lithograph, 16 x 20”, 2023
At the Bend in The Bright River, Lithography and thread on 15 and 10gsm Sekishu, 10 x 15 x ⅛”, 2023