Two-Year Drawing, 2024 - Ongoing
(Made with Te Palandjian)
MATERIALS
MIXED-MEDIA ON VARIOUS PAPER,
CANNED FISH BOXES & BOLO TIES
DIMENSIONS
VARIABLE
All of the drawings, personal letters, birthday cards, and notes passed in class that my studio-mate, Te Palandjian, and I have exchanged with each other throughout our time in grad school. The work is an attempt to create a massive collaborative drawing on a specific intimacy I've shared with one person in school for its complexity in how it has evolved and changed overtime.
(AMALGAMATION AS OF MAY 27TH, 2025)
TE’S PORTRAIT OF ETHAN
FROM A LIFE-DRAWING SESSION
ETHAN’S PORTRAIT OF TE DANCING TO
JAMES BLUNT FROM A LIFE DRAWING SESSION
TE’S ENCOURAGING NOTE WHEN ETHAN
WAS STRESSED ABOUT A CRITIQUE
ETHAN‘S GET-BETTER-SOON CARD
FOR TE WHEN SHE WAS SICK
ONE OF ETHAN’S MANY CLOWN-THEMED NOTES FOR TE WHEN SHE RETURNS FROM A TRIP
TE’S MINIMALIST FOOD TRIPTYCH FOR ETHAN
TE’S FIRST CLOWN DRAWING TO ETHAN
TE’S FIRST PORTRAIT OF ETHAN AS A PIGEON
ETHAN’S FIRST PORTRAIT OF TE AS A CRAB
TE’S BIRDSHIT DRAWING FOR ETHAN
TE’S FIRST BLINDFOLDED SELF-PORTRAIT IN ETHAN’S STUDIO
TE’S BLINDFOLDED PORTRAIT OF HERSELF AND ETHAN IN ETHAN’S STUDIO
ETHAN’S SAUCE PACKET LASAGNA FOR TE
ETHAN’S PORTRAIT OF TE AS A BANANA
ONE OF TE’S MANY WEIRD CREATURES DRAWN IN ETHAN’S STUDIO
TE’S PORTRAITS OF HERSELF AND ETHAN AS CHILDREN
ETHAN’S COMIC ABOUT CRAB TE
ETHAN’S WELCOME BACK FISH DRAWING FOR TE AFTER WINTER BREAK
ETHAN’S CNY ENVELOPE FOR TE
TE’S CNY ENVELOPE FOR ETHAN
ONE OF MANY INSIDE-JOKE-THEMED CROSSWORDS ETHAN MADE FOR TE TO SOLVE DURING CLASS
BOLO TIES TE & ETHAN MADE BASED ON THEIR CRAB AND PIGEON CHARACTERS
ONE OF TE’S CREATURE DRAWINGS WITH AN ENCOURAGING NOTE FOR ETHAN
TE’S PORTRAIT OF ETHAN AS A CLOWN
ETHAN’S PORTRAIT OF TE AS A CLOWN
ETHAN’S NOTE FOR TE ON A BAD DAY
TE’S DRAWING OF PIGEON ETAN DRINKING BEER
ETHAN & TE’S DRUNK PORTRAITS OF EVERYONE IN HIS STUDIO, AND FRUIT & COCKTAIL DRAWINGS
TE’S STICKER OF PIGEON ETAN
ETHAN’S STICKER OF CRAB TE
TE’S WELCOME BACK NOTE FOR ETHAN AFTER WINTER BREAK
ETHAN’S DRAWING FOR TE AFTER THEY FINISHED WATCHING “THE GOOD PLACE”
TE’S PIGEON ETAN & CRAB TE COMIC, MADE IN ETHAN’S STUDIO
WHILE DRUNK OVER THE COURSE OF 3 WEEKS
TE’S SELF-PORTRAIT LOOSELY BASED ON CRAB TE
ONE OF MANY EXQUISITE CORPSE DRAWINGS
BY TE AND ETHAN
ETHAN’S GARFIELD IN A CAN FOR TE
TE’S ATTEMPT TO MAKE A LONG PAPER PLANE WITH ETHAN’S PAPER