1935 Dictionary for Boys and Girls

Sandra’s father gifted her the first book she painted on. He thought it a valuable antique, she discovered it was not and used it as a journal while caring for him expanding her long relationship to books. When he passed away, loads of books came to Sandra. Engineering manuals, dictionaries, engine design, repair and encyclopedias. All of which are laden with the power of pre-internet study...and Dad.

“Painting on old book pages frees me from potential blocks surrounding precious materials. The books themselves are past their prime in the antique market - when they come to me I gift them another life. I handle fragile fragments of someone else’s work, enshrined in shadow boxes, they are laden with paint, dirt and layers of meaning...they take another bow. Whatever remains readable is a nod to chance, everyone’s collaborator.”