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Mapping the Walk is an archive of 50 original graphite and gouache drawings on mulberry paper drawn from 2011 to 2020. Each of the drawings is a composite image based on observations and drawings by the artist of flora growing along a single ancient footpath on the Cycladic Island of Kea, Greece. The footpath once stretched to the north tip of the island, however, in recent years paved roadways have destroyed all but the small section leading from the village of Ioulis, passing the ancient Lion of Kea, and ending at the paved road just beyond the Benjamin Spring. The composite drawings represent walks taken each month along the remaining footpath, as a way to honor and document the path itself via its plants; at once the most consistent feature of the path but at the same time the most ephemeral and changing. 36 of the drawings done from 2011 - 2016 are in the collection of the Gennadius Library of the American School of Classical Studies, Athens , Greece. The archive of drawings can be seen on request at the library ( AF-A. 42,CI, Q)

installation of exhibition at the ICA portland Maine
Gouache and graphite on mulberry paper, archival box
24x14x4
drawing of January wildflowers and roots on the island of Kea, Greece
Graphite and gouache on mulberry paper
22" x 12"
2013
February 2011
Graphite and gouache on mulberry paper
22x12
2011
drawing of February wildflowers on the island of Kea, Greece
Graphite and gouache on mulberry paper
22" x 12"
2013
February 2022
Graphite and gouache on mulberry paper
22" x 12"
2022
drawing of March wildflowers on the island of Kea, Greece
Graphite and gouache on mulberry paper
22" x 12"
2011
March 2012
Graphite and gouache on mulberry paper
22x12
2012
March 2014
Graphite and gouache on mulberry paper
22x12
2014
March 2016
Graphite and gouache on mulberry paper
22x12
2016
March 2017
Graphite and gouache on mulberry paper
22x12
2017
March 2022
Graphite and gouache on mulberry paper
22" x 12"
2022
April 2011
Graphite and gouache on mulberry paper
22x12
2011
April 2012
Graphite and gouache on mulberry paper
22x12
2012
April wildflowers in gouache and graphite
Graphite and gouache on mulberry paper
22" x 16"
2014
April 2015
Graphite and gouache on mulberry paper
22x12
2014
April 2017
Graphite and gouache on mulberry paper
22x12
2017
April 2022
Graphite and gouache on mulberry paper
22" x 12"
2022
May 2011
Graphite and gouache on mulberry paper
22x12
2011
May 2013
Graphite and gouache on mulberry paper
22x12
2013
May 2014
Graphite and gouache on mulberry paper
22x12
2014
May 2015
Graphite and gouache on mulberry paper
22x12
2015
guache and graphite drawing of May wildflowers including iris on the island of Kea, Greece
Graphite and gouache on mulberry paper
22" x 12"
2016
May 2017
Graphite and gouache on mulberry paper
22x12
2017
May 2018
Graphite and gouache on mulberry paper
22x12
2018
May 2019
Graphite and gouache on mulberry paper
22x12
2019
May2022
Graphite and gouache on mulberry paper
22" x 12"
2022
June 2011
Graphite and gouache on mulberry paper
22x12
2011
June 2013
Graphite and gouache on mulberry paper
22x12
2013
June 14
Graphite and gouache on mulberry paper
22x12
2014
June 2015
Graphite and gouache on mulberry paper
22x12
2015
June 2016
Graphite and gouache on mulberry paper
22x12
2016
June 2017
Graphite and gouache on mulberry paper
22x12
2017
June 2018
Graphite and gouache on mulberry paper
22x12
2018
June 2020
Graphite and gouache on mulberry paper
22x12
2020
June 2022
Graphite and gouache on mulberry paper
22" x 12"
2022
July 2011
Graphite and gouache on mulberry paper
22x12
2011
July 2012
Graphite and gouache on mulberry paper
22x12
2012
color drawing of july wildflower from the island of Kea, Greece
Graphite and gouache on mulberry paper
22" x 12"
July 2014
Graphite and gouache on mulberry paper
22x12
2014
July 2015
Graphite and gouache on mulberry paper
22x12
2015
July 2016
Graphite and gouache on mulberry paper
22x12
2016
August wildflowers drawing
Graphite and gouache on mulberry paper
22" x 12"
2018
July 2020
Graphite and gouache on mulberry paper
22x12
2020
July 2022
Graphite and gouache on mulberry paper
22" x 12"
2022
August 2011
Graphite and gouache on mulberry paper
22x12
2011
August 2012
Graphite and gouache on mulberry paper
22x12
2012
August 2013
Graphite and gouache on mulberry paper
22x12
2013
August 2014
Graphite and gouache on mulberry paper
22x12
2014
August 2015
Graphite and gouache on mulberry paper
22x12
2015
September 2012
Graphite and gouache on mulberry paper
22x12
2012
September 2014
Graphite and gouache on mulberry paper
22x12
2014
drawing of September wildflowers on the island of Kea, Greece
Graphite and guache on mulberry paper
22" x 12"
2016
drawing of October wildflowers from the island of Kea, Greece
Graphite and gouache on mulberry paper
22" x 12"
October 2012
Graphite and gouache on mulberry paper
22x12
2012
drawing of November wildflowers on the island of Kea, Greece
Graphite and gouache on mulberry paper
22" x 12"
2011
December 2012
Graphite and gouache on mulberry paper
22x12
2012
drawing of December wildflowers and roots on the island of Kea, Greece
Graphite and gouache on mulberry paper
22" x 12"
2020


Mapping the Walk is an archive of 50 original graphite and gouache drawings on mulberry paper drawn from 2011 to 2020. Each of the drawings is a composite image based on observations and drawings by the artist of flora growing along a single ancient footpath on the Cycladic Island of Kea. The footpath once stretched to the north tip of the island, however, in recent years paved roadways have destroyed all but the small section leading from Ioulis, passing the ancient Lion of Kea, and ending at the paved road just beyond the Benjamin Spring. The composite drawings represent walks taken each month along the remaining footpath, as a way to honor and document the path itself via its plants; at once the most consistent feature of the path but at the same time the most ephemeral and changing. 36 of the drawings done from 2011 - 2016 are in the collection of the Gennadius Library of the American School of Classical Studies, Athens , Greece. The archive of drawings can be seen on request at the library ( AF-A. 42,CI, Q)