2021-2023 > Volley

"Volley" is an etching that was the inspiration for the subsequent body of work "Prodigies", a series of colorful cast-glass comets, arranged to render the effect of a volley of celestial objects stylized to resemble depictions of comets and meteors found in art historical paintings and engravings.

"Volley" and "Prodigies" are connected to a personal story of loss that touches on themes of death, suicide, heresy and martyrdom, and that directly intersects the history and lore of Giordano Bruno, the Italian philosopher and astronomer burned at the stake in the now-called Campo de’ Fiori in Rome, who's embers are said to have become a meteor shower.

Volley, etching with aquatint, 4x5", 2023.