This project began as a random encounter with a book of poetry by Maurice Manning titled “Bucolics.” I came across the book while browsing my local bookstore in October of 2025.

In 2025 I spent a lot of time working with poetry and using it to inform my drawings and paintings. I read and hand copied a lot of poetry from a broad range of authors. Once I found this book the notion to dive completely into the collection made itself loud and apparent.

There are 78 poems in the book which I intend to use as anchors for each of these panels. Each panel is 10 x 13.5 inches and heavily worked in a variety of media.