birds
Description: The beachcombing brush finds a brood of birds and follows their feathered conversation.
Printed: 80 pages, 7" x 7", full-color interior ink
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concerto
Description: This sketchbook sat in seat 6, row K accompanying the musicians with a light pen.
Printed: 80 pages, 7" x 7", full-color interior ink
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the constant carnival
Description: Painted images and drawings of the human carnival fill the pages of this book with color and zest. Wurm looks to the entertainments and compulsions of society for an inspired take on contemporary culture.
Printed: 38 pages, 10" x 8", full-color interior ink
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diablo
Description: In the afternoon park rounding the mountain: cows, cyclists, and the odd artist painting the scene as the light drops and the temperatures fall and the winds rise.
Printed: 46 pages, 10" x 8", full-color interior ink
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drawn in dust
Description: Jan Wurm uses pencil, pen and brush to mirror the ordinary activities of daily life and in these drawings reveals the underlying tensions of contemporary society.
Printed: 69 pages, 8.25" x 10.75", casewrap-hardcover binding, full-color interior ink
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the key
Description: These drawings form a diary of Jan Wurm's car key during the first year her son had his license. Each page represents the relief of return of the young driver, car and the key.
Printed: 80 pages, 7" x 7", full-color interior ink
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lessons
Description: The line of Jan Wurm's pencil follows children in and out of the pool as they take watery lessons from freckle-faced, sunburned lifeguards.
Printed: 80 pages, 7" x 7", full-color interior ink
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no naked nudes
Description: This collection of lush drawings leads us in, around, and about the female figure. Gesture, repose and reflection are revealed in these unique drawings.
Printed: 80 pages, 10" x 8", full-color interior ink
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palms
Description: Weathering foggy mornings, sun-drenched afternoons, and fiery sunsets, Jan Wurm has chronicled a stand of palm trees on a southern California beach.
Printed: 80 pages, 10" x 8", full-color interior ink
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penciled in
Description: The graphite line penciled in captures the fleeting moment before an expression takes form.
Printed: 68 pages, 8.25" x 10.75", casewrap-hardcover binding, full-color interior ink
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recovered memory
Description: Drawn on remnant objects of the past, these ghostlike images evoke experience and memory.
Printed: 32 pages, 7" x 7", full-color interior ink
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the seamless studio
Description: Drawings from the night studio, each pose flowing seamlessly into the next from week to week as arrested movement with hidden thoughts and manifest moods.
Printed: 80 pages, 8.25" x 10.75", casewrap-hardcover binding, full-color interior ink
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whiskeytown
Description: Whiskeytown National Recreation Area's forest, lake, and frolicking vacationers energized these drawings, collages, and watercolors.
Printed: 68 pages, 8" x 10", full-color interior ink
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More coming soon!