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Of the artwork that you have done, what is your personal favorite piece (include an image of the piece with details)? Why do you like it? this is a preliminary sketch from years ago, i drew from a photo i staged with the girl who came to be my best friend, here in memphis. we duct-taped that baby to a window in appropriation of an illuminated manuscript image of st. bridget of sweden. my technique was at it's best here for the time i executed it, & then the finished acrylic painting was a mess-- but i intend to have this taped up to the inside of the door to my closet forever.
What piece do other people like most? Do you agree? Why do you think they like it? i've found lot of positive reactions (& made some money) from the pressure prints i did in secret while i was taking book-arts & had access to the letterpress. there's some you can look at here. i liked them too, but i think they are so popular because of their simplicity, clarity of imagery & aesthetic draw-- pressure prints look cool & trendy. it would have been hard for me to mess these up once i got the hang of the machinery, & i could make so many at once it felt a little like cheating. 
goddamn, though, i miss that letterpress machine. i could make the most beautiful books, now, & fight c in earnest if she tried to stop me.
What piece surprised you the most? a landscape i made last year for b's class, when i was using the process of decalcomania to build layers of mountains. the best one was figurative & abstract, the mountains used across the bottom of a cut-paper panorama that read left to right from the profile of a sleeping face, part-child part-mountain. i was so sure i could never make it work, & then it did.

Choose five doodles or sketches that you like as much as any of your finished pieces. the one above more than any other, but here's a few more