Jim Hodges’ work explores themes of fragility, temporality, love and death in a highly original and poetic vocabulary. He frequently deploys different materials and techniques: from ready-made objects to traditional media such as graphite and ink.

This work, entitled “of Summer”, follows the 2015 release of Hodges’ print Winter Speaks, and is the second of a four-print series based on the seasons. Pushing technical boundaries, “of Summer” incorporates many printmaking traditions, including chine collé, woodblock, intaglio, screenprinting, and digital techniques. The work is printed on layers of delicate, translucent paper, which simultaneously veil and expose Hodges’ intricately balanced gestures and colors beneath. Evoking both the impression of surrounding nature and a sense of flowing abstraction, the work recalls the reflective surface of water, with its layers adding subtle depth and a suggestion of something shadowy below.

Jim Hodges was born in 1957 in Spokane, Washington, USA. He lives and works in New York.