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Trashquilt Tête du Travers

This series of large drawings was made surrounding the 2016 US election. The text, “Between the Darkness of the Sun and Moon, ” was written in March 2015, five days after a young pilot intentionally flew an airplane with 149 passengers into the French Alps.

I continued working on it in 2017 and began to add ink over the oil paintings that were printed from the ‘Trashquilt’ It’s a meditation on how one thing, person and event leaves a mark.

F Glidden - drawing
Trashquilt Print Tête du Travers, graphite, ink, oil paint on paper, 280 x 150 cm, 2016
Trashquilt Tête du Travers (detail), graphite , ink and oil paint on paper, 262 x 150 cm, 2016
Glidden - drawing
Trashquilt Print, graphite on paper, 260 x 150 cm, 2016
F Glidden- drawing
Trashquilt Print Tête du Travers 2, charcoal & ink on paper, 262 x 150 cm, 2016
F Glidden -drawing
Trashquilt Print Tête du Travers 2 (detail), graphite, ink on paper, 262 x 150 cm, 2016
F Glidden -drawing
Trashquilt Print 5, graphite on paper, 243 x 150 cm, 2016
F Glidden -painting
Trashquilt cotton thread, oil on trash, 249 x 147 cm, 2016
F Glidden - painting
Trashquilt (detail), cotton thread, oil on trash, 249 x 147 cm, 2016
Glidden - drawing
Trashquilt Tête du Travers 4, Oil and Ink on Paper, 275 x 150 cm, 2017
Glidden - painting
Trashquilt Tête du Travers 3 Oil and Ink on Paper, 264 x 150 cm, 2017