Drawing across America

a work on paper

made while traveling on the train from Los Angeles to New York City

drawing continuously from dawn until sunset

stopping only for brief food and bathroom breaks)

Drawn in archival ink in 40 Moleskin Japanese accordion sketchbooks

when folded up the books are 3.5W x 5.5H

when unfolded the drawing is 110W x 5.5H

The entire drawing is 440W x 5.5 H

The location and time of the drawing is noted on the cover page of each sketchbook.

The time of each page is (usually) noted.

The digital file for the drawing consists of 600 scanned images of 2 pages each

The work was supported by a Faculty Enrichment Grant from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, July 2017 and July 2018.