With horses neighing nearby, I crouched down to study the California Poppies, sketching them as light hit their petals. I thought of the people who lived on this land before me - Costanoan, Coast Miwok, Luiseno, Cahuilla, Pomo. It is in looking back that we often learn the best way forward.

Cup of Gold references the indigenous people of Northern California who relied on the poppy for its healing properties, juxtaposed with the Spanish settlers who viewed land as for the taking. Poem and pochoir-printed images all on Crane’s Lettra. Text is set in Kabel and letterpress printed from wood type and polymer plates. All prints are housed in a folio made from Saint Armand paper and attached using non-adhesive methods. The deluxe variable edition, numbered 1-5, includes an original landscape monotype on Rives BFK and is housed in a four-flap enclosure made from Colorplan paper. In the standard edition, numbered 6-40, the monotype is reproduced as an archival pigmented print on Red River Aurora Art White paper.

This book was created in a horse barn (turned print studio) at In Cahoots Residency in Petaluma, California and was completed in the artist’s studio in North Adams, Massachusetts.

8 7/8” x 5 3/4”

Deluxe Edition (1 - 5) $300 includes original monotype and paper enclosure.

*Each book will be shipped in a labeled, heavy duty archival envelope that can serve as permanent storage and protection for the work.