All Relief Prints 
Edition: “Love is (Not) Black and White” 
Bottom Left: “Storge”; Bottom Right: “Mania” 
Bottom Left: “Eros”; Bottom Right: “Ludus”
The prints created in this project consist of an edition in black and white and a series in color. For the series, one-color flats were printed first and a gradient roll of similar colors were printed afterwards with the image on top of the flat. Using John Alan Lee’s color wheel theory of love, the colors used in the flats and gradients in each print represent four different types of love in Lee’s color wheel — ludus (playful; game-like love; blue), mania (obsessive love; violet), eros (passionate, physical love; red), and storge (familial/brotherly love; yellow).
This series of relief prints takes an older project of mine and puts a new spin on it. Originally an idea made in black and white a year ago, the colors used today are used to illustrate the different relationships of the couple embracing each other in the prints — I can not give you one idea as to who these individuals are and what their story is because I interpret them in many different ways. While some may view them as something simple like mother and daughter or a pair of sisters (storge), others may see lovers (eros). They could also be friends with privileges (ludus), or perhaps they are obsessive lovers enjoying physical contact (mania).
