SALUTATIONS mine an archive of letters written to my grandmother by my grandfather, a man I never met. Almost a century later he has become my unwitting collaborator.     Full Project Statement HERE

To make these prints I scan and print the original documents and then digitally erase my grandfather’s handwriting, leaving behind postmarks, folds and stamps as remnants of touch, time and travel. I then trace his handwritten words onto these “empty” prints, replacing his writings with mine, resulting in an indecipherable new language.


The transcribing of my grandfather’s hand is an intimate gesture that recognizes a shared ancestry while acknowledging the inability to unlock time’s secrets. Existing between looking and reading the work shifts the narrative from one that is directly told to one that is more deeply felt. I tell this story not because it is unique, but because it is common and sits at the edge of my own identity.


The works are monoprints using reclaimed ink from empty inkjet cartridges on inkjet photo paper, a blend of photography, drawing and printmaking.

Salutations 2104 (2021)
Monotype with Reclaimed Ink on Red River Aurora Natural Photo Paper
3 unique 9.5" x13" prints
Salutations 2109 (2021)
Monotype with Reclaimed Ink on Red River Aurora Natural Photo Paper
2 unique 9.5" x13" prints
Salutations 2113 (2021)
Archival Pigment Print, Monotype with Reclaimed Ink on Red River Aurora Natural Photo Paper
2 unique 9.5" x13" prints
Salutations 2105 (2021)
Monotype with Reclaimed Ink on Red River Aurora Natural Photo Paper
2 unique 9.5" x13" prints
Salutations 2112 (2021)
Monotype with Reclaimed Ink on Red River Aurora Natural Photo Paper
4 unique 9.5" x13" prints
Salutations 2116 (2021)
Monotype with Reclaimed Ink on Red River Aurora Natural Photo Paper, 2 Vintage Photographs
Unique 9.5" x 13" print
Salutations 2119 (2021)
Archival Pigment Print, Graphite, Monotype with Reclaimed Ink on Red River Aurora Natural Photo Paper
2 unique 11" x 15" prints
Salutations 2151 (2021)
Archival Pigment Print, Graphite, Monotype with Reclaimed Ink on Red River Aurora Natural Photo Paper
2 unique 17" x 22" prints
Salutations 2130 (2021)
Archival Pigment Print, Graphite, Colored Pencil on Red River Aurora Natural Photo Paper
Unique 17" x 22" print
Salutations 2126 (2021)
Archival Pigment Print, Graphite on Red River Aurora Natural Photo Paper
Unique 17" x 22" print
Salutations 2114 (2021)
Archival Pigment Print, Graphite, Monotype with Reclaimed Ink on Red River Aurora Natural Photo Paper
2 unique 9.5" x13" prints
Salutations 2118 (2021)
Archival Pigment Print, Graphite, Monotype with Reclaimed Ink on Red River Aurora Natural Photo Paper
2 unique 11" x 15" prints
Salutations 2117 (2021)
Monotype with Reclaimed Ink on Red River Aurora Natural Photo Paper, 2 Vintage Photographs
Unique 9.5" x 13" print
Salutations 2140 (2021)
Archival Pigment Print, Graphite, Monotype with Reclaimed Ink on Red River Aurora Natural Photo Paper
2 unique 11" x 13" prints
Salutations 2131 (2021)
Monotype with Reclaimed Ink on Red River Aurora Natural Photo Paper
6 unique 9.5" x13" prints
Salutations 2115 (2021)
Archival Pigment Print, Graphite, Monotype with Reclaimed Ink on Red River Aurora Natural Photo Paper
2 unique 9.5" x13" prints
Salutations 2144 (2021)
Archival Pigment Print, Graphite, Monotype with Reclaimed Ink on Red River Aurora Natural Photo Paper
Unique 10" x 8" print
Salutations 2122 (2021)
Archival Pigment Print, Graphite, Monotype with Reclaimed Ink on Red River Aurora Natural Photo Paper
2 unique 11" x 15" prints
Salutations 2127 (2021)
Archival Pigment Print, Graphite, Color Pencil on Red River Aurora Natural Photo Paper
Unique 17" x 22" print
Salutations 2149 (2021)
Archival Pigment Print, Graphite, Monotype with Reclaimed Ink on Red River Aurora Natural Photo Paper
6 unique 11" x 13" prints
Salutations 2150 (2021)
Archival Pigment Print, Graphite, Monotype with Reclaimed Ink on Red River Aurora Natural Photo Paper
Unique 17" x 22" print
Salutations 2141 (2021)
Archival Pigment Print, Graphite, Color Pencil, Monotype with Reclaimed Ink on Red River Aurora Natural Photo Paper
Unique 13" x 9.5" print
Salutations 2143 (2021)
Archival Pigment Print, Graphite, Monotype with Reclaimed Ink on Red River Aurora Natural Photo Paper
2 unique 11" x 13" prints
Salutations 2128 (2021)
Archival Pigment Print, Graphite on Red River Aurora Natural Photo Paper
Unique 17" x 22" print
Salutations 2129 (2021)
Archival Pigment Print, Graphite, Color Pencil on Red River Aurora Natural Photo Paper
Unique 17" x 22" print
Salutations 2145 (2021)
Archival Pigment Print, Graphite, Monotype with Reclaimed Ink on Red River Aurora Natural Photo Paper
2 unique 9.5" x13" prints
Salutations 2132 (2021)
Monotype with Reclaimed Ink on Red River Aurora Natural Photo Paper
2 unique 9.5" x13" prints
Salutations 2142 (2021)
Archival Pigment Print, Graphite, Glitter, Monotype with Reclaimed Ink on Red River Aurora Natural Photo Paper
Unique 13" x 9.5" print
Salutations 2146 (2021)
Archival Pigment Print, Graphite, Monotype with Reclaimed Ink on Red River Aurora Natural Photo Paper
2 unique 9.5" x13" prints
Salutations 2152 (2021)
Archival Pigment Print, Graphite, Monotype with Reclaimed Ink on Red River Aurora Natural Photo Paper
2 unique 17" x 22" prints