I paint 15 postcards with watercolor. For each card, I cut out two animals of the same species from 19th- and 20th-century books. A third animal image I generate using AI. I assemble the three images and affix them to the postcard. I send the postcards to artists across 6 countries.
(Water colour, paper cut-outs, mounting film, on paper, 2025 | Set of 15 pieces, one of which (1/15) is sent to myself as an artist’s proof.)
(Water colour, paper cut-outs, mounting film, on paper, 2025 | Set of 15 pieces, one of which (1/15) is sent to myself as an artist’s proof.)
Sources:
Meyers Konversationslexikon / Leipzig, Verlag des Bibliographischen Instituts, 1885-1890
Das moderne Tierlexikon / Gütersloh, Bertelsmann Lexikon-Verlag, 1979
Text-to-image AI, Adobe Firefly, 2025
Animals featured in the project:
horses, chameleons, rabbits, snails, cows, housebirds, fishes, parrots, bugs, chicken, ducks, humming-birds, doves, birds of prey, butterflies
