we met under the table at the restaurant

ink, colored pencil, watercolor on paper, 2023

in february 2023, i digitized all my sketchbooks from 2016-2023. returning to old work i hadn’t looked at in years, i responded most positively to drawings made quickly, loosely, with the least attachment to outcome. the drawings i meticulously labored over felt stale and contrived. we met under the table… is the result of this realization: in this 11-page comic, i tried to put myself back in the headspace of making loose work, approaching the drawings with force and levity.

words by eternal friend/muse ella beaver.