Ellipsism

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Entire piece

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Bottom right detail

Around 1/24/16

Ingredients:
8.5 x 12 inch Strathmore visual journal
Paper with a word from “The dictionary of obscure sorrows” depicting “A sadness that you’ll never be able to know how history will turn out.”
White chalk pen
Distress ink
Art paper
Glue stick.

Search party

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Full image

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Right side detail

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Top left detail.

Created 1/24/16. Our scanner broke so there is a backlog and I’m posting a batch of them. The images were taken with my cell phone. The colors are an approximation – they are a little lighter and less intense in the original.

Thoughts that arose while making it:
Framed. Blood trail. Tracking through the woods in misty rain. Hair clues. Musical notes. Organized search party. Tracks crossing water, trail washed out. Switchbacks, doubling back, retracing steps.

Ingredients:
8.5 x 12 inch Strathmore visual journal
Card stock (Pacon watercolor)
Tissue paper
Deli paper
Matte medium
Watercolor
Loose hairs from watercolor brush
Map pieces
Glue stick.