Carnet de Voyage. 31 x 22 cm.

One of the principle challenges of working in a specific kind of notebook, especially one like this made by Charvin Paris, is that you face several constraints. For one, there is a progression of pages, so you follow a sequence, and two, the quality of the paper dictates to some extent the techniques that are most appropriate. These restrictions can also become interesting challenges. The following watercolors are part of the series “Brute Resistance.”

Cover. Charvin, Paris.

Work in progress on “Is there a cure for the common massacre?”

The Brute Resistance Series. “Is there a cure for the common massacre? or weren’t we supposed to be fixing the planet. Constantine’s dream. Drawing after Piero della Francesca. PtL.

The Brute Resistance Series. Left frame: “I won’t let you stop me going on Amazon!” Drawing after Antonio di Pollaiuolo. Right frame: “You can’t escape social profiling.” Drawing after Tintoretto. PtL.

The Brute Resistance Series: “we keep repeating the past!” – “Because we refuse the possibility of a future.” Drawing after Filippino Lippi. PtL.

The Brute Resistance Series. “You better enjoy the holidays!” – “I promise I will be happy” Drawing after Signorelli. PtL.

The Brute Resistance Series. “Don’t look back.” Orpheus. “I can’t recognize myself anymore.” Drawing after Caravaggio. PtL.

The Brute Resistance Series. “How much longer before we will beat the patriarchy?” – “Game over” Drawing after Caravaggio. PtL.

The Brute Resistance Series. “Re-wilding iconic images.” “Let me down from here!” – “I can do more than this.” Drawing after Caravaggio. PtL.

The Brute Resistance Series. “Gaia!” Rewilding the biome. Drawing after Caravaggio. PtL.

The Brute Resistance Series. “Forget the wiseman, its the fool who tweets who they listen to.” Drawing after Piero della Francesca. PtL.