Close to Home: A Visual Essay
2023
52 pages, 5.5” x 8.5”
Self-published
This slow, meandering visual narrative was inspired by a trip through Western Massachusetts to Upstate New York with my partner. Each page was painted with gouache in a sketchbook, and lettered by hand with pen and ink.
Read the first 14 pages below, and check out some process photos from my sketchbook.
Take a look at some of the original sketchbook pages and spreads from the printed book below.
I painted this scene at the campsite en plein air.
Spread from the book in print
Back cover of the book in print
