Everything Was Right - Mixed Media on Canvas

I recently completed another mixed media interpretation of a 2009 poem of mine entitled "Everything Was Right". The materials were sourced from used books: the anatomical illustrations were found in a badass textbook circa 1964, and the majority of the greenery came from a 1970s volume simply entitled Ferns. 

I typed the poem on a thrifted typewriter before enlarging and printing onto aged (thrifted!) paper. I upgraded my tools to cut with more precision and learned to work faster to lay everything down. Making art is solitary but fulfilling. I plan to complete 1-2 more of these in time for them to be shown in my studio's gallery group show in November, and have my sights on a newer poem for one. I also find the reincarnation of these old works to be quite full-circle.