Tableau Vivant

Tableau Vivant frames my creative process in Joshua Tree, California, where I attended a 6-week artist residency.

66 pages, 42 plates
11 x 9 3/4 in. (27.94 x 24.76 cm.)
Perfect bound with a foil stamped softcover
Printed and bound by Laser Image Printing in Durham, NC 
Edition: 150 copies

Copies available through Artsuite

Process

I arranged objects from the residency into new compositions, creating what the French call tableaux vivants - living pictures. I began each painting on-site before eventually deconstructing the arrangements, and I finished the paintings in the studio. The site ultimately bears no trace of my being there - the painting serves as the artifact.

The Paintings

For more information about each painting, see ‘Paintings’ page and scroll down to ‘2022’ section.

Book Lab *See 'Paintings' tab for more info
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The Book

Through my paintings, tableaux, photography, videography, and sketchbook filled with writing and drawing, this catalog strings together a narrative about my experience in the high desert.

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Photos

Joshua Tree, CA, 2022

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