Sandy Water was a solo exhibition at Rising Tide Projects in Galveston, Texas. Remembering something is like looking into sandy water—things get lost and hidden by what rises up from somewhere else. Sandy Water featured a series of drawings, paintings, and an artist book. The works were made while thinking about the landscapes that I grew up with. The accompanying artist book featured a series of ink drawings of imagined-remembered landscapes and personal texts from 2016 to 2019. The book was a four-color, risograph printed, limited edition publication designed and printed by Super Hit Press. The exhibition was on view June 1 to 30, 2019.
“My memories of the Gulf Coast, South Texas, and the Hill Country get cloudier the longer I live away from them, but their sand, shells, bird songs, insects, and wildflowers also seem to become more vivid parts of who I am. The line between writing and drawing is like the line between remembering and imagining—it sharpens and then blurs. After all, when I’m drawing sand and water, the two look so similar that they could be the same. The paintings were made on unstretched canvas with ink and Japanese green tea. I was impelled by the idea of an old flag in the breeze, or a sail that’s been out for a while in the salt and sun.”
— Lauren Moya Ford