Sketchbooks

John Wood’s sketchbooks are filled with drawings, photographs, watercolors, collages and words, reflecting a lifetime of art making, teaching and inquiry.

“John draws every day without fail. He has described himself during this activity as ‘being in a state of drawing.’ … ‘A state of drawing’ is something like meditation, a being with the self that for John is neither analytical nor mystical, but during which he gathers and clarifies those forces which allow him to express himself.” (Cohen, 1987)

42:1 Vice Versa

Vice Versa (double spread)
11×17 on 16×20 mount, Digital print of sketchbook pages, original sketchbook collage with wax on tissue, wood cuts, mechanical type added

42-4 Oak Tree Brown's Pond

Oak Tree Brown’s Pond
11×17 on 16×20 mount, Digital print of sketchbook pages,
original sketchbook collage with Polaroid SX-70 composite and drawing

42:9 Hot Spring Green

Hot Spring Green
11×17 on 16×20 mount, Digital print of sketchbook pages

42:11 Malachio

Malacio and Postage Stamps, 2006
11×17 on 16×20 mount, Digital print of sketchbook pages

42:15 Wright Bros Air Foil

In Search of the Wright Brothers, Air Foil, 2007
11×17 on 16×20 mount, Digital print of sketchbook pages

42:17 With What Shall We Build

With What Shall We Build
11×17 on 16×20 mount, Digital print of sketchbook pages