Ulva lactuca (detail)
handbound book of cyanotypes, 12 pages
9.25 x 7.5 inches (closed), 2010

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Submerged Objects
concrete cast of Manneken Pis (head and body separated), asphalt, sunken dock, docking rope
2009-Ongoing

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Marine Desert by Zabet & Medusae
charcoal on rock
Anza-Borrego Desert, 2010

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The Family Dragon
ink on paper, 2009

A Catalog of Extinct Species
book of images and text, letterpress printed on handmade and commercial paper, 8.75 x 5.75 x 0.5 inches (closed), 2008

This book supposes a future in which humans have caused the extinction of 10 currently living species, some endangered, some not. The book warns against assuming that only endangered species need our attention, asserting that all living creatures, no matter how populous, need consideration.

Human-Faced Tiger (detail)
Duotone letterpress print on paper
Edition of 10
12 x 9 inches (paper), 2009
Available

Hungry Baby Tapir Eating Letters (detail)
Duotone letterpress on coated paper
Edition of 10
9 x 12 inches
Available

Human-Faced Tiger: Panthera tigris humanus (detail)
Book, Commercially Printed Open Edition, 7.5 x 7.5 inches (closed), 16 pages, 2009
Available A book of drawings and text exploring the possibility of a new species, the human-faced tiger.

Aristocratic Russian Children
and Their Pet Needlefish
mixed media/archival print, edition of 10
6 x 11 inches

This drawing and the next were inspired by Sarah Palin's warning about a future Russian invasion of Alaska. My compositions presuppose the Russian colonization of America's arctic state, and brainstorm the ensuing exotic gifts that the colonizers will bring home to their children.

Aristocratic Russian Children
and Their Pet Beluga
mixed media/archival print, edition of 10
6 x 11 inches

Animal Morality No. 1
ink, acrylic, gouache on handmade abaca paper
8.5 x 11 inches

Medieval Bestiaries paired animal images with morally imbued text. In this image an angel is seen speaking in what can only be assumed is morally imbued speech to a common agouti.

Animal Morality No. 3
ink, acrylic, gouache on handmade abaca paper
8.5 x 11 inches

In the middle ages, paintings of couples used to serve as wedding certificates. Here a common agouti is officially, if medievally, married to a fair maiden. Above the bride and groom are their respective, star crossed, coats of arms.

Muntjac No. 2
ink on handmade cotton paper
8.5 x 11 inches

Oarfish
ink and acrylic on paper, accordion style handmade book