The artist fills books with found materials that include traces of the food she eats, items from the natural world and from places she visits. She makes notes about where things are found, eg. dust from the Vatican basilica. She also sketches from the items she collects.

 

Mixed media.

 

Artist: Candy Jernigan.

 

See the book, Evidence: The art of Candy Jernigan. Laurie Dolphin. Chronicle Books. 1999.

 

All images © estate of Candy Jernigan.