http://www.marissalevien.com/gallery daily 0.75 2018-05-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1495810572248-A4S7BMFJQCA79MZV8VJ5/5C1A0083.jpg Illustration - Burst Ink, colored pencil, oil pastel, and watercolor on collaged book pages; 24 x 17 inches, 2017. Books used: select works by Salman Rushdie, Toni Morrison, James Baldwin, Toni Kushner, Virginia Woolf, Michael Ondaatje, and Ralph Ellison Image credit: Jurate Veceraite https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1495810572248-A4S7BMFJQCA79MZV8VJ5/5C1A0083.jpg Illustration - Burst Ink, colored pencil, oil pastel, and watercolor on collaged book pages; 24 x 17 inches, 2017. Books used: select works by Salman Rushdie, Toni Morrison, James Baldwin, Toni Kushner, Virginia Woolf, Michael Ondaatje, and Ralph Ellison Image credit: Jurate Veceraite https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1415676862669-17A6YHD5CHCPOK3J6940/image-asset.jpeg Illustration - Phantom Tollbooth Ink and oil pastel on collaged book pages, 22 x 15 inches, 2014 Book used: The Phantom Tollbooth, by Norton Juster Image credit: Jurate Veceraite https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1402875804567-EWRCET1ZOUVMV5PR69OB/Distance+to+the+Moon.jpg Illustration - Distance of the Moon Ink and oil pastel on collaged book pages, 14 x 10 inches, 2014. Book used: "Distance of the Moon" from Cosmicomics, by Italo Calvino Published in Sundog Lit, Issue Six Image credit: Jurate Veceraite https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1415677020431-0TOKA89BP5LS0MS2PSSE/image-asset.jpeg Illustration - House of Leaves Ink and oil pastel on collaged book pages, 14 x 10 inches, 2014 Book used: House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski Image credit: Jurate Veceraite https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1415676719252-5B81UC8LMWD66UYBKZ1T/image-asset.jpeg Illustration - Cat's Cradle Ink and oil pastel on collaged book pages, 14 x 11 inches, 2014 Book used: Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Image credit: Jurate Veceraite https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1402875867816-7H8MKYZN5CZJ6YJLS34P/Eveline.jpg Illustration - Eveline Ink and oil pastel on collaged book pages, 11 x 16 inches, 2013. Book used: "Eveline" from The Dubliners, by James Joyce Published in Sundog Lit, Issue Five Image credit: Jurate Veceraite https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1402875678728-CE45TRD3H4RNP3ATSJDV/A+Lot+of+Love+Poems.jpg Illustration - A Lot of Love Poems Ink and oil pastel on collaged book pages, 16 x 12 inches, 2014. Books used: Individual poems by W.B. Yeats, Allen Ginsberg, James Fenton, and Pablo Neruda. Published in Storychord, Issue #118 Image credit: Jurate Veceraite https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1402875770852-UNMCLVQLPMF3APPO2UUA/Catcher+in+the+Rye.jpg Illustration - Catcher in the Rye Ink and watercolor on collaged book pages, 14 x 11 inches, 2013. Book used: Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger Published in Pure Coincidence Magazine, Issue #2 Image credit: Jurate Veceraite https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1402875920687-MTVKCNQDUYMIXZ33DI2R/Invisible+Cities.jpg Illustration - Invisible Cities Ink and oil pastel on collaged book pages, 19 x 19 inches, 2013. Book used: Invisible Cities, by Italo Calvino Image credit: Jurate Veceraite https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1402876243979-YP67AIFZDQVMC5B3Q5VK/On+the+Road.jpg Illustration - On the Road Ink and watercolor on collaged book pages, 12 x 12 inches, 2013. Book used: On the Road, by Jack Kerouac Image credit: Jurate Veceraite https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1402876294853-I55ZW3VJ5HXACJASPB3I/Translations.jpg Illustration - Translations Ink on collaged book pages. 2013. Book used: Translations, by Brian Friel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1402875832773-QKUDJNEAY5Q5EEYGD4FD/DSC_1147.jpg Illustration - Dante... Bruno. Vico... Joyce. Ink and watercolor on collaged book pages, 6 x 8 inches, 2012. Book Used: "Dante... Bruno. Vico... Joyce." from Collected Works, by Samuel Beckett Image credit: Jurate Veceraite https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1405348460239-Q573MAZV26X8EFXRR33F/The+Unnameable.jpg Illustration - The Unnameable Ink on book page. 2012. Image credit: Jurate Veceraite https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1402876162433-K9IH6O7RO80LIXXTRT8M/Let+the+Great+World+Spin.jpg Illustration - Let the Great World Spin Ink and colored pencil on book page. 2013. Image credit: Jurate Veceraite https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1402875918216-9N05SBX2BX2JNFRFWQ83/Hamlet.jpg Illustration - Hamlet Ink and oil pastel on book page. 2013. Image credit: Jurate Veceraite https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1402876356147-GOZ98EXL4617MJT67KZE/Walden.jpg Illustration - Walden Ink and oil pastel on book page. 2012. http://www.marissalevien.com/drawings daily 0.75 2017-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1495809044659-47SQ943C0GXR8X2EGGBW/5C1A0295.jpg Heirloom Series - Heirloom IV Ink, oil pastel, and collaged book pages, 26 x 26 inches, 2017 Image credit: Jurate Veceraite https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1495809044659-47SQ943C0GXR8X2EGGBW/5C1A0295.jpg Heirloom Series - Heirloom IV Ink, oil pastel, and collaged book pages, 26 x 26 inches, 2017 Image credit: Jurate Veceraite https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1478100101619-Z631Q7CIV4Z67N7WCAMK/5C1A0223.jpg Heirloom Series - Heirloom III (American Mandela) Ink, colored pencil, and gold leaf on collaged book pages, 28 x 28 inches, 2016 Image credit: Jurate Veceraite https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1478099984099-G6YI33OJDP3AZPESDBUO/5C1A0236.jpg Heirloom Series - Heirloom II Ink, watercolor, and gold leaf on collaged book pages, 19 x 19 inches, 2015 Image credit: Jurate Veceraite https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1478099869275-VB6VECYPO2K6UB2RF56E/Heirloom+1.jpg Heirloom Series - Heirloom I Ink, watercolor, colored pencil and gold leaf on collaged book pages, 29 x 23 inches, 2015 Image credit: Jurate Veceraite http://www.marissalevien.com/marissalevien daily 1.0 2020-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1478101487438-DZ2H1FN1YXCPENGQ6RX4/Distance+to+the+Moon+Sq+Space+Crop.jpg Marissa Levien http://www.marissalevien.com/contact daily 0.75 2018-05-11 http://www.marissalevien.com/what-goes-into-it daily 0.75 2017-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1495817267916-PZIJ2ZT3LS32QIL023Y8/IMG_20170206_165118_763.jpg What Goes Into It - Background with colored pencil and oil pastel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1495817272167-4DS6P0XA3KW0O0G0YPBE/IMG_20170130_140808_695.jpg What Goes Into It - what this did to my pencils https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1495817280550-2V4JB5KXK1LRW2OMN35U/IMG_20170206_165451_109.jpg What Goes Into It - Drawing a faucet and collaging it on https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1495817289359-CXA9SAC29VYGM8XDMEQF/IMG_20170209_224517_159.jpg What Goes Into It - collaging on book pages, colored with watercolor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1495817406268-N5RA8EBBRU1APZO6RCAT/IMG_20170212_172236_623.jpg What Goes Into It - detail of the collage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1495817418298-LWDWTRNA61Y2HNGZXZ1E/IMG_20170216_092519_062.jpg What Goes Into It - adding the splash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1495817538089-YA7QDGW2R4BPXOWAXH8E/IMG_20170224_190818_916.jpg What Goes Into It - Finished product, with detail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1495847474544-CWHPQ8UQXRW6VAQG5Q8R/IMG_20170427_083434_118.jpg What Goes Into It - Concept Sketch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1495816607460-CI2ZA90DD543OQYI0AXP/IMG_20170501_172427_762.jpg What Goes Into It - Adding oil pastel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1495816628999-ZQMVK4D3FX6S40MZLC3S/IMG_20170502_080431_703.jpg What Goes Into It - Starting the waves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1495816637742-O9NK8Q5A1SRPXMOM1DBB/IMG_20170504_085155_573.jpg What Goes Into It - More waves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1495816652268-3P975FP0RMB6N0PSS4O1/IMG_20170506_093141_995.jpg What Goes Into It - Thickening ink lines and adding collage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1495816665490-3RIWSVB4F0UFW3CZSNVL/IMG_20170512_090858_623.jpg What Goes Into It - fanning out the collaged quilt motif https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1495816677035-IV6HTH0J4QQZODPIWO3T/IMG_20170514_122445_475.jpg What Goes Into It - Finished product https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1478101764591-GR35YP6OI0V58T5BIW9Z/IMG_20160406_203732.jpg What Goes Into It - Laying out the quilt motif https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1478101765226-WWDK36YRUZ8AZLBMJNYN/IMG_20160409_101919.jpg What Goes Into It - My hand-drawn version of textile patterns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1478101765278-WSS3HX9NAWQC3E3NRA4T/IMG_20160412_223632.jpg What Goes Into It - Pasting down the center of the pattern on mat board https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1478101766274-P71OP8XE6LDOTXEM8MXE/IMG_20160424_180305.jpg What Goes Into It - The full pattern, colored and pasted down https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1478101769916-81HVT95Z8JKC4TKZ85CP/IMG_20160513_092334.jpg What Goes Into It - detail of the drawn-on "textile" designs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1478101767149-N4F1ZTHOOX7DAGRQBQF2/IMG_20160427_085928.jpg What Goes Into It - Drawing on lines https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1478101767291-E71GLS2BSATWODUBSSX1/IMG_20160429_091328.jpg What Goes Into It - Filling in lines https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1478101768350-AMXBKINHRWFDN7TZE5UZ/IMG_20160501_151110.jpg What Goes Into It - More filling in... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1478101768967-MDSQILFRRW33KOSAZV9Y/IMG_20160513_091242.jpg What Goes Into It - So many lines... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1478101770579-AH2CJQMC1DVGKCP2AU4D/IMG_20160610_092500.jpg What Goes Into It - Drawing the corner pieces https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1478101771365-UPEWZZ6970FSR3GCEMR2/IMG_20160711_202501.jpg What Goes Into It - Collaging on corner and edge pieces https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1478101771361-YV6QMEDNBYY4B76KRSUK/IMG_20160716_122954.jpg What Goes Into It - Drawing and cutting out another corner piece https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1478101772268-M61MS2AP730OZCQMJAS5/IMG_20160718_103155.jpg What Goes Into It - That same corner piece, pasted down with gold leaf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1478101772130-2Q7RCGTM9D3IAO4Z3F7Q/IMG_20160718_173352.jpg What Goes Into It - pasting down more corner and edge pieces, with gold leaf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1478101772992-JSEIR3NL67S5KOX8YMZA/IMG_20160721_085358.jpg What Goes Into It - Another drawn and cut out corner piece https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1478101773907-3UJ39GEB61SKJRYUNQRZ/IMG_20160723_083828.jpg What Goes Into It - Finished product https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1478100656751-65LZ1A3RPE8L870WSMIF/Phantom+1.jpg What Goes Into It - Pasting on book pages, colored with oil pastel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1478100657135-YZXPJBTSZ99FOHM9JDOS/Phantom+2.jpg What Goes Into It - Drawing, cutting out, and pasting clouds of numbers and letters, and drawing the tendrils in the background https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1478100657230-TJ0ZACVL9MM261GV73SV/Phantom+3.jpg What Goes Into It - Filling in the tendrils in the background https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1478100657647-JXJ09U6HYLHNMRJRHCG3/Phantom+4.jpg What Goes Into It - Filling in background further https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1478100657889-DS5YAPE5K5QTDWUXVBKG/Phantom+5.jpg What Goes Into It - Eliminating any leftover white space https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1478100658328-OEJNLCHDX80SLKH4GH30/Phantom+6.jpg What Goes Into It - Finished product http://www.marissalevien.com/new-page-2 daily 0.75 2018-05-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1495809044659-47SQ943C0GXR8X2EGGBW/5C1A0295.jpg Heirloom Series - Heirloom IV Ink, oil pastel, and collaged book pages, 26 x 26 inches, 2017 Image credit: Jurate Veceraite https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1478100101619-Z631Q7CIV4Z67N7WCAMK/5C1A0223.jpg Heirloom Series - Heirloom III (American Mandela) Ink, colored pencil, and gold leaf on collaged book pages, 28 x 28 inches, 2016 Image credit: Jurate Veceraite https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1478099984099-G6YI33OJDP3AZPESDBUO/5C1A0236.jpg Heirloom Series - Heirloom II Ink, watercolor, and gold leaf on collaged book pages, 19 x 19 inches, 2015 Image credit: Jurate Veceraite https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1478099869275-VB6VECYPO2K6UB2RF56E/Heirloom+1.jpg Heirloom Series - Heirloom I Ink, watercolor, colored pencil and gold leaf on collaged book pages, 29 x 23 inches, 2015 Image credit: Jurate Veceraite http://www.marissalevien.com/universe-series daily 0.75 2018-05-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1525998695580-FHK63KJEL4D0KPJGVTYT/Universe+Encased+in+Red.jpg Universe Series - Universe Encased in Red Hand-drawn ink on paper, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539db8cee4b0432c6a7cc79b/1525998730810-O2OYGO16RCCWDU5NBVJI/Universe+Encased+in+Blue.jpg Universe Series - 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