Two Duets (2)
Prismacolor on paper, image size 5” h x 10” w, paper size 11” h x 15” w, 2024, signed on back
Second in the set of 2
For a long time I’ve been interested in the nonverbal languages humans have developed to engage with animals. Although there are plenty of examples where animals use their own language to try to communicate to humans- growling, hissing, tail wagging etc, the type of interaction I’m interested in is the one where both species have agreed to learn an intermediary language, like a human-to-animal Esperanto. This happens in dressage for example, where both the human and the horse learn a language that’s foreign to them to communicate with one another subtly during a specific activity. Admittedly, that’s not what was happening in the source imagery for these drawings. For this short series, I’m instead focusing on phrases of movement and gesture that humans use in their interactions with animals, then removing the animals (in this case horses) and combining the humans to explore the idea of non-verbal communication between them.
Shipping to the US at this time. Applicable sales taxes collected.
Prismacolor on paper, image size 5” h x 10” w, paper size 11” h x 15” w, 2024, signed on back
Second in the set of 2
For a long time I’ve been interested in the nonverbal languages humans have developed to engage with animals. Although there are plenty of examples where animals use their own language to try to communicate to humans- growling, hissing, tail wagging etc, the type of interaction I’m interested in is the one where both species have agreed to learn an intermediary language, like a human-to-animal Esperanto. This happens in dressage for example, where both the human and the horse learn a language that’s foreign to them to communicate with one another subtly during a specific activity. Admittedly, that’s not what was happening in the source imagery for these drawings. For this short series, I’m instead focusing on phrases of movement and gesture that humans use in their interactions with animals, then removing the animals (in this case horses) and combining the humans to explore the idea of non-verbal communication between them.
Shipping to the US at this time. Applicable sales taxes collected.
Prismacolor on paper, image size 5” h x 10” w, paper size 11” h x 15” w, 2024, signed on back
Second in the set of 2
For a long time I’ve been interested in the nonverbal languages humans have developed to engage with animals. Although there are plenty of examples where animals use their own language to try to communicate to humans- growling, hissing, tail wagging etc, the type of interaction I’m interested in is the one where both species have agreed to learn an intermediary language, like a human-to-animal Esperanto. This happens in dressage for example, where both the human and the horse learn a language that’s foreign to them to communicate with one another subtly during a specific activity. Admittedly, that’s not what was happening in the source imagery for these drawings. For this short series, I’m instead focusing on phrases of movement and gesture that humans use in their interactions with animals, then removing the animals (in this case horses) and combining the humans to explore the idea of non-verbal communication between them.
Shipping to the US at this time. Applicable sales taxes collected.