Artist Book: Paris En Soleil

This accordion book is a memento of a sunny return trip to Paris in early Spring. During my first outing to eat a sandwich on a park bench, I warmed up to my surroundings, admiring the crisp shadows of early blooms and ambulatory wood pigeons.

The book can be viewed in both directions, front and back, to reveal silhouettes in full color and the palette paper used to paint them. However, its true form is best experienced unfolded and stood up in anticipation of sun passing through its cut-out silhouettes over the course of a day across all seasons.

Materials & Techniques: Assorted cardstock, canvas, acrylic paint