792 postcards. 144 letters. 40 stamp designs. 9 artist-writers. 4 couples. 1 journal.

Who, or what, inspires us? How do we define inspiration? Correspondences explores these questions by investigating the relationships between artist-writer couples in the 19th and 20th century: Lewis Carroll and Alice Liddell, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Elizabeth Siddal, Georgia O’Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz, Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera.

The installation of 9 lithographic portraits is created from postal art. The artwork is based on the letters and diaries of the 8 historical figures, and on the correspondences of the artist over the course of a year about inspiration with friends and famous artists and writers.

“Correspondences” is both a literal and figurative look at connection and communication between people, and what inspires human interaction. 

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To the left are the 36 stamps from the project. Scroll down for images of the installation, tableus of the work in progress, and close-ups of the postcards.