Dark Moon: The Lightest Day the Darkest Moon
Gouache on paper, 19.25” x 20”, project completed 2023

For Indigo Rising, a single blue polyester shirt acts as source material for 13 gouaches, which together allude to the waxing and waning moon. This is the first work in the series.

Artist Statement for Indigo Rising

Dark Moon: The Lightest Day the Darkest Moon

Detail

This image documents works one - six of thirteen works, which will be displayed in a horizontal line. Each drawing measures 19.25” x 20” (20.5" x 21.25” when framed).

Indigo Rising: Waxing Crescent
Gouache on paper, 19.25” x 20”, project completed 2023

Indigo Rising: Late Waxing Crescent
Gouache on paper, 19.25” x 20”, project completed 2023

First Quarter: Revolutions
Gouache on paper, 19.25” x 20”, project completed 2023

First Quarter: Revolutions
Detail

Left: Indigo Rising Study, collage, 8”x 11”
Right: My source material, my friend Anne’s old shirt

Waxing Gibbous: Points on the Terminator
Gouache on paper, 19.25” x 20”, project completed 2023

Late Waxing Gibbous: The Sixth Refolding
Gouache on paper, 19.25” x 20”, project completed 2023

Full Moon: Mensis, Masah, and Mona
Gouache on paper, 19.25” x 20”5, project completed 2023

This work represents the full moon on longest night of the year. As the moon’s illumination swells to full and back again to new, so do these depictions of Anne’s shirt cast as the moon.

Waning Gibbous: Tides Turning
Gouache on paper, 19.25” x 20”, project completed 2023

Late Waning Gibbous: Dryer than bone
Gouache on paper, 19.25” x 20”, project completed 2023

Third Quarter: Theia’s Kiss
Gouache on paper, 19.25” x 20”, project completed 2023

Third Quarter: Theia’s Kiss
Detail

Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, Late Waning Gibbous, and Third Quarter of Indigo Rising
Each drawing measures 19.25” x 20,” Gouache on paper.

Waxing Crescent: Shapeshifting
Gouache on paper, 19.25” x 20”, project completed 2023

Late Waxing Crescent: Revolve Repeat
Gouache on paper, 19.25” x 20”, project completed 2023

Dark Moon: Sun Moon Earth Aligned
Gouache on paper, 19.25” x 20”, project completed 2023

Indigo Rising

For Indigo Rising, a blue polyester shirt serves as still life material for 13 gouache paintings, which together portray a waxing and waning moon. Installed in a 30-foot line, they represent the 29.5 days the moon takes to travel around the earth.

Read full Indigo Rising Statement

All the works are gouache on paper, 19.25” x 20.”
To see the title of each image, click the “i” button in the lower right corner.