Top Secret: a book

I have been mentioning rather frequently that I have been thinking about books as a new direction for my artwork. Actually, if you follow this blog, you have already seen a miniature book in my first art monthly club packet. Even more, I’m interested in making books that play with the concept of a series in art—the structure of a book seems ideal for playing with repetition, and in general creating a whole world through a visual theme.

Well, I’ve started working on a book called Black Hole—if you’re familiar with my work, this title may sound familiar to you because I made a large painting by the name at one point (unfortunately, I don’t have a good picture). This book takes the words from the painting and creates a story around them. I had thought I would wait until the book was finished to mention it here, but I’m having a lot of fun making it, and I couldn’t resist. Here is the first page that includes a part of the words from the original painting:

Many of the pages will have the repeated profile of the “she” in the story, interrupted with other images and variations. I’m working my way through the book slowly, so there’s no telling when it will be done, but I just thought I would share a peek into this very fun project I’ve been working on somewhat secretly (sshhh, don’t tell anyone). Happy weekend!