James Marshall Porter, Jr. “Customer Copy”, mixed media drawing on paper, 8.5” x 11,” 2020, $125.00

These improvised drawings were an exercise in freedom in the face of fear and limitation – of travel, social engagement, etc. – during this time of COVID.   They were informed by the instinctual knowing of the body untethered from mental control, and performed on waste paper – receipts, bills, scraps, magazine pages – with pens and flipchart markers; fragile, non-archival materials that resonate with the fragility and impermanence of life, especially now.  These drawings blend humor, darkness, and an awkward search for connection in a manner that reflects the strange nature of life now.s