Pleasure to Meet You is a series of 50 unique drawings. Each drawing is an unedited duplication of business cards that the artist has received since her arrival in New York City in 2006. Each drawing represents the personal interaction and experience the artist had with the cardholder, whether in a personal or professional exchange.
The current list of business card portraits are: Monica Herman, Cecelia Stucker, John Maloney, Omar Hernandez, O'Donnell Lee, ....
The artist continues to collect business cards, some of which will become a new addition to the series.
Pleasure to Meet You, Monica Herman. 2012. Pen on paper. 8 in x 10 in, framed.
Pleasure to Meet You, Omar Hernandez. 2012. Pen on paper. 8 in x 10 in, framed.
Pleasure to Meet You, O'Donnell Lee. 2012. Pen on paper. 8 in x 10 in, framed.
Pleasure to Meet You, installation view at WISH MEME Exhibition 2013.
Summer, my childhood friend. Pencil on paper. Framed on wooden corkboard. 36" x 48". 2011
Dear Danger, my adolescent friend. Pen on paper. Framed on wooden corkboard. 36" x 48". 2011
Mary, Marie, Maree, my adulthood friend. Pen on paper. Framed on wooden corkboard. 36" x 48". 2011
Forever, Michael is a novella written by Andrew Gori and published by The Underground Library. The illustrations are based on the 1978 cult horror film, John Carpenter's Halloween. Stylistically, the drawings are inspired by the masterfully elegant, Aubrey Beardsley, just set in a 1970s backdrop.
Title Page (Forever, Michael)
I'll Come Home To You
Can't Let Her Get Away
Another Part of Me
The Way You Make Me Feel
Someone In The Dark
In The Closet
Scream / Childhood
You Are Not Alone
Dangerous
We've Got Forever
Ambre Kelly, Associated Press, 1987.