The Traveler & the Housewife (2013)

“The Traveler & the Housewife” follows two lovers as they part on separate adventures. The traveler is irrevocably transformed in his far-flung travels to foreign lands. He returns bearing seeds of new crops and ideas. The housewife goes deep into the mythic soil of her homeland. Their reunion fuses two into one. “The Traveler & the Housewife” is part of a larger project called “The North American Codex”, a series of narratives published on pots, comics, wall drawings and poems.

This comic was made possible by a Project Grant from Regional Arts and Culture Council in Portland, Oregon. I would like to thank Erika Leppmann of The Schneider Museum of Art at Southern Oregon University for giving me a studio for a month and mental space to conceive of and begin this work. The SOU residency was made possible by the Hallie Ford Foundation. Tracy Templeton opened the print studio to my use and was instrumental in the first run of prints.

My dearest,

Your absence clings like a stink
woodcut print on rice paper
20" x 30"
2013
edition of ten

woodcut print on rice paper
20" x 30"
2013
edition of ten

Installation at Nisus Gallery

2013. The original prints were wheat pasted to the gallery walls.

If I Had My Way

2013. Watercolor and ink on paper, 5 feet height. Part of a series of large drawings related to The Traveler and the Housewife. These were shown at Schneider Museum of Art in 2013 along with the prints.

Martyr?

Think About Samson

2013. 12 inch tall ewer. These were shown at Schneider Museum of Art in 2013 along with the prints.

Bread Alone

2013. 12 inch tall jar. These were shown at Schneider Museum of Art in 2013 along with the prints.