Images were painted directly on guidebook pages, then offset printed and accordian bound on sides by hand. Issued in envelope, with small photograph of Paris mounted on front.
Nocturne is a tunnel book featuring the cutout photographic images of the historic neon lights of Colfax Avenue in Denver, CO. A three part wrap around cover finished in black book cloth contains poetry on each of the two side panels. The tunnel is attached to the center panel of the cover, and extends out approximately 23cm. Issued in a clamshell box, also of black book cloth with a small photo printed on paper with the book's title glued to the top of the box. Archival digital printing on Mohawk Superfine paper. Font is ITC Franklin gothic. The artist writes about this book: "the word nocturne is defined as a romantic or dreamy musical composition thought appropriate to night. Feel the sizzle of electricity, the sparkle of a million lights. neon lights up our skylines and enlivens our nights. The street at night is a symphony, orchestrated by automobiles, pedestrians, sirens and honking horns. Nocturne captures the music of the night in a tunnel book format, forever preserving the romance, the dreamy melody that is the city street at night. Peering into the tunnel, the viewer is transported to the strreet as their mind conjures up memories and nostalgia for the sights and sounds of bygone days. All original color photographs were shot on Denver's infamous Colfax Avenue.", Signed by artist. This artist book has been exhibited at the following venues: Photographic Artist Books, Art Books Press, Seattle, 2005; Reader's Art 5, Susan Hensel Gallery, Minneapolis, 2005; Guild of Bookworkers NWxSW Exhibit, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa and Emory University, Atlanta, 2004.
The only text on this book is on the back cover ajacent to the colophon: "No one yet hath/ unravelled/ a knot from the skin/ of the universie,/ And each who came/ and essayed the same/ but made the tangle/ worse." -- Anonymous Persian. The cover and pages are printed with images of near or middle eastern tribal rugs, and are larger than the tunnel which cuts through the centers of these framing pages. The interior of the tunnel is printed in cyan with images of our gallaxy along the side walls and an image of the planet Earth at the back. The exteriors of the side walls are also printed with photographs of landscapes. Issued in a plastic box with foam-core spacer., Signed by the artist
Housed in yellow hardcover wrap around case with tie closure; Eight armed star formation with three layer tunnel, title page and appendix in two signatures at the beginning and end of the accordion, Exhibited: 1991 Spring-Summer Faculty Show, The Center for Book Arts, New York, January 3, 1991- February 26, 1991. The Artist and the Book, Pelham Art Center, March 10 - April 22, 2006.
Tunnel book, featuring pictorial work, in center of three panels. On the left and right panels is printed the text of William Stafford's poem, "A Ritual to Read to Each Other" on black paper in gold ink. The outer portfolio structure of the book is board, bound in book cloth. A small portion of the print from the tunnel book on the interior illustrates the exterior of the book in an inset in the cover.
This three "page" tunnel book uses abstract images on removable panels to create different views. The book is constructed with red paper and silver-painted spacers to create room for the removable panels. A purple ribbon tie contains the book. The title was supplied by the cataloger as none was given to the book by the artist., Signed by the artist; Submitted to fulfill requirement of the University of Oregon, Dept. of Fine and Applied Arts, Artists' Books course, 1990
