Background

My wife and I moved to London in early 2017. One of the first things we did when we got here was visit the Tate Museum. While there, I walked by a subtle trio of drawings by an artist I had never heard of. I took a photo of my favorite and kept walking.

It is about two years later (July 2019) and we now have a five month old daughter. We immediately started to back up every photo we ever took of anything. It was during this process that I stumbled upon my original image:

The artist is Lenore Tawney, an American who worked in the mid-20th century. She is actually more well-known for her work with “fiber” and yarn but she has what I think is a beautiful collection of Ink Drawings.

The one I captured at the Tate that day in 2017 is called “Reflected Ray”. I loved the geometry and simplicity of this work. The medium of simple ink on 1960’s industrial draft paper I thought was also really beautiful and cool.