Once a Gift, Now
2022. Digital.
Vector graphics combined with texture from a photograph of pastel paper, manipulated using the multiply blending mode in Adobe Photoshop. Small Ben-Day dots overlay subject: D (left) and J (right), seated cozy in the dunes. Drawn from reference: photograph (selfie). Evolved from a commission by D, presented to J. It was once a gift, now boys sit in dunes and wear each other’s sweatshirts. But it’s winter, and there are other boys.
