After Church

Medium:
Drypoint engraving, chine colle, and gauze

Dimensions:
18” x 22”

Year Completed:
2021

Description:

A family dressed in their Sunday best walks away from church, backs turned, in a photo by Tom Wood. Lowered heads and forward motion join jagged edges and abstract etching to evoke a transitory feeling, suggesting a return to everyday life, where banal concerns and vices—like smoking—are resumed.