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Purgatory Prints

 

Purgatory Prints 

Inspired by Dante’s Divine Comedy, this series of self portraits meditate on my year of quarantine.

Etchings created as part of a 2021 Printmaking Fellowship at Spudnik Press in Chicago.

 
 

Terrace 4 (Diligence), etching and hand embroidery

Terrace 1 (A Moment), etching and hand embroidery

 
 

Terrace 5 (I couldn’t possibly), etching and hand embroidery

Terrace 2 (I pretend I do not see it), etching and hand embroidery

Terrace 3 (Car Crash), etching and hand embroidery

Winner of Jury prize: 2nd Place (Sergio Gomez and Gina Lee Robbins, jurors) | Beyond 100: A National Juried Exhibition | Oak Park Art League | Oak Park, IL

Terrace 6 (Labia Mea, Domine), etching and hand embroidery

Terrace 7 (I Wish I Wish I Wish I Wasn’t Broken), etching and hand embroidery