
Recto Verso (2024)
Duotypes
Recto Verso (2024)
In this color poem series, I explore color using a unique printing process I developed that produces two prints simultaneously from a double-sided printing plate. Plates are constructed with paper coated on both sides with ink, cut into strips of varying widths and lengths and woven into a geometric composition. The color strips on the front side are woven in search of a balanced and unified composition. It’s only when its printed, the back side is revealed.
Each a pair of prints is a duality: order and chance, chaos and control, conventions and invention. Each pair represents impressions from both sides of the same plate. One side of the plate is a harmonious interplay of colors, carefully composed through the lens of color theory and the dynamics of color interaction. The other side unfolds as a serendipitous result—a chance composition that embraces the dual nature of artistic creation: the intentional and the spontaneous.

Recto Verso 1, 12 x 12 inches (each image), 15 x 15 inches (each sheet)

Recto Verso 2, 12 x 12 inches (each image), 15 x 15 inches (each sheet)

Recto Verso 3, 12 x 11 3/4 inches (each image), 15 1/4 x 15 inches (each sheet)

Recto Verso 4, 12 x 12 inches (each image), 15 x 14 inches (each sheet)

Recto Verso 5, 12 x 12 inches (each image), 15 x 14 inches (each sheet)

Recto Verso 6, 19 x 14 inches (each image), 24 x 18 inches (each sheet)

Recto Verso 7, 19 x 14 inches (each image), 24 x 18 inches (each sheet)

Recto Verso 8, 19 x 14 inches (each image), 24 x 18 inches (each sheet)

Recto Verso 9, 19 x 14 inches (each image), 24 x 18 inches (each sheet)

Recto Verso 10, 19 x 14 inches (each image), 24 x 18 inches (each sheet)

Recto Verso 11, 19 x 14 inches (each image), 24 x 18 inches (each sheet)

Recto Verso 12, 19 x 14 inches (each image), 24 x 18 inches (each sheet)

Recto Verso 13, 19 x 14 inches (each image), 24 x 18 inches (each sheet)

Recto Verso 14, 22 x 22 inches (each iamge), 30 x 29 inches (each sheet)

Recto Verso 15, 22 x 21 1/2 inches (each image), 30 x 29 inches (each sheet)

Recto Verso 16, 22 x 23 inches (each image), 30 x 29 inches (each sheet)

Recto Verso 17, 20 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches (each image), 27 1/2 x 27 inches (each sheet)

Recto Verso 18, 16 x 12 inches (each image), 22 x 15 inches (each sheet)

Recto Verso 19, 16 x 12 inches (each image), 22 x 15 inches (each sheet)

Recto Verso 20, 17 x 14 (each image), 21 x 17 inches (each sheet)

Recto Verso 21, 16 x 11 3/4 inches (each image), 19 x 15 1/2 inches (each sheet)

Recto Verso 22, 19 x 15 inches (each image), 18 x 24 inches (each sheet)

Recto Verso 23, 19 x 1/4 inches (each image), 224 x 18 inches (each sheet)

Recto Verso 24, 19 x 14 1/2 inches (each image), 24 x 18 inches (each sheet)

Recto Verso 25, 19 x 15 inches each image), 24 x 18 inches (each sheet)

Recto Verso 26, 19 x 15 1/2 inches (each image), 24 x 18 inches (each sheet)

Recto Verso 27, 17 x 14 1/4 inches (each image), 21 s 17 inches (each sheet)

Recto Verso 28, 17 x 14 1/4 inches (each image), 21 x 17 inches (each sheet)

Recto Verso 29, 17 x 14 1/4 inches (each image), 21 x 17 inches (each sheet)

Recto Verso 30, 15 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (each image), 20 x 15 inches (each sheet)

Recto Verso 31, 18 1/2 x 15 inches (each image), 25 x 20 inches (each sheet)

Recto Verso 32, 18 x 16 inches (each image), 23 x 21 inches (each sheet)

Recto Verso 33, 17 x 17 inches (each image), 21 x 20 inches (each sheet)

Recto Verso 34, 19 x 14 1/2 inches (each image), 25 x 20 inches (each sheet)

Recto Verso 35, 20 1/4 x 15 inches (each image), 25 x 20 inches (each sheet)

Recto Verso 36, 11 1/2 x 11 inches (each image), 17 x 15 inches (each sheet)

Recto Verso 37, 11 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches (each image), 17 x 15 inches (each sheet)

Recto Verso 38, 11 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches (each image), 17 x 15 inches (each sheet)

Recto Verso 39, 20 x 16 inches (each image), 25 x 20 inches (each sheet)

Recto Verso 40, 20 x 16 inches (each image), 25 x 20 inches (each sheet)

Recto Verso 41, 20 x 16 inches (each image), 25 x 20 inches (each sheet)