CROWD SOURCING 2020 - 2022

No. One (Psalm One Ref)

24”H x 36” W x 2.5” D

Matches, Fire drawing on paper and wood panel, graphite pencil and copper horse shoe nails

No. Two (Psalm Two Ref)

24”H x 36” W x 2.5” D

Matches, Fire drawing on paper and wood panel, graphite pencil and copper horseshoe nails

No. Three (Psalm Three Ref)

24”H x 36” W x 2.5” D

Matches, Fire drawing on paper and wood panel, graphite pencil and copper horseshoe nails

No. Four (Psalm Four Ref)

24”H x 36” W x 2.5” D

Matches, Fire drawing on paper and wood panel, graphite pencil and copper horseshoe nails

No. Five (Psalm Five Ref)

24”H x 36” W x 2.5” D

Matches, Fire drawing on paper and wood panel, graphite pencil and copper horseshoe nails

No. Six (Psalm Six Ref)

24”H x 36” W x 2.5” D

Matches, Fire drawing on paper and wood panel, graphite pencil and copper horseshoe nails

No. Seven (Psalm Seven Ref)

24”H x 36” W x 2.5” D

Matches, Fire drawing on paper and wood panel, graphite pencil and copper horseshoe nails

No. Eight (Psalm Eight Ref)

24”H x 36” W x 2.5” D

Matches, Drawing with Fire, Alcohol Inks, gold, graphite pencil on wood panel, copper horseshoe nails

No. Nine (Psalm Nine Ref)

24” H x 36” W x 2.5” D

Matches, Drawing with Fire, graphite pencil on wood panel, copper horseshoe nails

No. Ten (Psalm Ten Ref)

24”H x 36” W x 2.5” D

Matches, Drawing with Fire, graphite pencil on wood panel, copper horseshoe nails

No. Eleven (Psalm Eleven Ref)

24” H x 36” W x 2.5” D

Matches, Drawing with Fire, Smoke, Sulfur pigmentation graphite pencil on wood panel, copper horseshoe nails

No. Twelve (Psalm Twelve Ref)

24” H x 36” W x 2.5” D

Matches, Drawing with Fire, Silver Embossing Power, graphite pencil on wood panel, copper horseshoe nails

NO. THIRTEEN (PSALM THIRTEEN REF)

24”H x 36”W x 2.5”D

Matches, Drawing with Fire, graphite pencil on paper and wood panel, copper horseshoe nails

NO. FOURTEEN (PSALM FOURTEEN REF)

24”H x 36”W x 2.5”D
Matches, Drawing with Fire, graphite pencil on paper and wood panel, copper horseshoe nails

NO. FIFTEEN (PSALM FIFTEEN REF)

24”H x 36”W x 2.5”D
Matches, Drawing with Fire, graphite pencil on paper and wood panel, copper horseshoe nails

NO. SIXTEEN (PSALM SIXTEEN REF)

24”H x 36”W x 2.5”D

Matches, Drawing with Fire, graphite pencil on paper and wood panel, copper horseshoe nails

NO. SEVENTEEN (PSALM SEVENTEEN REF)

24”H x 36”W x 2.5”D

Matches, Drawing with Fire, graphite pencil on paper and wood panel, copper horseshoe nails

NO. EIGHTEEN (PSALM EIGHTEEN REF)

24”H x 36”W x 2.5”D

Matches, Drawing with Fire, graphite pencil on paper, embossing powder, wood panel, ink, coal bits, sparkle, copper horseshoe nails

NO. NINETEEN (PSALM NINETEEN REF)

24”H x 36”W x 2.5”D

Matches, Drawing with Fire, graphite pencil on paper, acrylic inks, ash, wood panel, copper horseshoe nails

NO. TWENTY (PSALM TWENTY REF)

24”H x 36”W x 2.5”D

Matches, Drawing with Fire, graphite pencil on paper, embossing powder, wood panel, ink, copper horseshoe nails

A STUDY FOR NO. 21 (Psalm Twenty-One ref)

10”H x 8”W x 2”D

Matches, Drawing with Fire, graphite pencil on wood panel, gold ink, ash, dirt, wood panel, copper horseshoe nails

A STUDY FOR NO. 22 (PSALM TWENTY-TWO REF)

10”H x 8”W x 2”D

Matches, Drawing with Fire, graphite pencil on wood panel, ash, wood panel, copper horseshoe nails

A STUDY FOR NO. 23 (Psalm Twenty-three ref)

10”H x 8”W x 2”D

Matches, Drawing with Fire, graphite pencil on wood panel, ash, gold ink, wood panel, copper horseshoe nails

A STUDY FOR NO. 26 (PSALM TWENTY-SIX REF)

10”H x 8”W x 2”D

Matches, Drawing with Fire, graphite pencil on paper, ash, gold ink, wood panel, copper horseshoe nails

NO. TWENTY-SEVEN (PSALM TWENTY-SEVEN REF)

24”H x 36”W x 2.5”D

Matches, Drawing with Fire, alcohol Inks, acrylic, gold, earth, graphite pencil on wood panel, copper horseshoe nails

A STUDY FOR NO. 28 (PSALM TWENTY-EIGHT REF)

10”H x 8”W x 2”D

Matches, Drawing with Fire, graphite pencil on paper, wood panel, copper horseshoe nails

A STUDY FOR NO. 30 (PSALM THIRTY REF)

10”H x 8”W x 2”D

Matches, Drawing with Fire, graphite pencil on paper, wood panel, copper horseshoe nails

NO. ONE FORTY EIGHT (PSALM ONE FORTY EIGHT REF)

24”H x 36”W x 2.5”D

Matches, Drawing with Fire, alcohol inks, acrylic, gold, earth, graphite pencil on paper, wood panel, ink, copper horseshoe nails

These times demand all of our resources and push us to examine our decisions both as an individual and communally. The Ancient Psalms start each of these drawings as a point of reflection asking questions of death, destruction, harmful intent, protection, and grace. Fire informs and shape wood matches, graphite pencils, inks, ash, paper and wooden panels in this series. Many elements such as Copper horse nails that mount the paper drawings to the wooden panels are sourced materials from ancient text that informs the narrative.

I find, responsibility and choice are threaded through this ancient text and ask questions of our humanity and ask for decisions that are in our path. Questions of political power, vast non-essential consumption, and plastic waste raise anew the spectrum of evil.

These drawings offer the viewer insight into our capacity to bring light or destruction.

Noreen Dean Dresser c2020-2022

Source: Gratitude for Rabbi Kleinbaum who taught Psalms CBST on-line March 2020 through 2021. The class truly inspired international collaboration through the worse of COVID.