The Silent Echo, 2025 (Original)

Original pen drawing framed in altered book with magnifying glass bookmark The Silent Echo, 2025 This artwork reimagines Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories as more than just a book; it becomes a gateway to the mysterious and the uncanny. Within its pages, a carved niche framed in ornate gold reveals a hanging bookmark adorned with a stark black-and-white drawing. The image depicts a colonial woman, caught mid-reading her hand pressed to her mouth in a gesture that wavers between shock, wonder, and dread. The contrast between the lavish gilded frame and the simple, shadowy drawing echoes the tension in Irving's stories: a polisned society unsettled by the wild, supernatural folklore lurking in its shadows. This piece beckons you to peer into Irving's world and ponder the power of a story to stir the soul whether with beauty, fear, or both. Bookbound Miniature Series Each piece in the Bookbound Miniature Series is a meticulously crafted fusion of literatur