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the lovers

The Lovers is a group of prints that began during a month-long residency at St. Michael's Printshop is St. John's, Newfoundland and is an on-going body of work. Exploring themes present in folklore and fable, these prints draw reference to birds as harbingers of information and story.

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Careful, delicate, sorrowful, these prints explore the loss of a lover and the loss of that intimacy-something that is so sacred in gay relationships. Imagined via pairs or in flocks of birds, the consideration of the "other" in a partnership is an underlying wind with this work.

 

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An exploration of queer love and grief. flocks, pairs, and text describe the migratory nature of queer life and love, and the act of taking up space but never as much as queer people need; the constant movement for a partner or self preservation, and the trauma of queer love inherently impacted by external and internal forces. 

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Of Ill-Omen & Clipped Wings

Thirteen-color lithograph

29" x 22.5"

"caught in a knot of bramble and thicket, he plucked out a soft mess of feathers. my dear, love will not break your heart but you cannot go back and you cannot survive. my dear, do you need a safe place to land?"

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(details)

Lovebirds I

Two-color lithograph

14" x 11"

Lovebirds II

Three-color lithograph

14" x 11"

Lovebirds III

Three-color lithograph

14" x 11"

Lovebirds IV

Two-color lithograph

14" x 11"

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