All Claws Crossed: An Exploration of the Creative Process
All works ©️ 1983-2023 Gigi Spratley and Jack Waltrip. Used with permission.
The work presented here is from their current book project All Claws Crossed; Odyssey of the Beasties Vol. 1. The primary pieces on top, separate page spreads from the book, are a reflection
of the works below it. Because this presentation is concerning primarily the art, the text from the left hand pages has been hidden. This exhibition illuminates the process by which multiple, sometimes only one, original works of art were altered and combined to create entirely new compositions for
this project. Presented here is a comparative cross-section of the entirety of 465 pieces spanning
four years of work. The paintings, drawings and mixed media works were drawn from Gigi’s creative output dating from 1983 to current works in progress. The process of collaboration involves Jack’s scanning and photographing of Gigi’s art and digitally manipulating the color, texture, and composition to create a new image. Gigi likes to call this process binary alchemy.
The work presented here is from their current book project All Claws Crossed; Odyssey of the Beasties Vol. 1. The primary pieces on top, separate page spreads from the book, are a reflection
of the works below it. Because this presentation is concerning primarily the art, the text from the left hand pages has been hidden. This exhibition illuminates the process by which multiple, sometimes only one, original works of art were altered and combined to create entirely new compositions for
this project. Presented here is a comparative cross-section of the entirety of 465 pieces spanning
four years of work. The paintings, drawings and mixed media works were drawn from Gigi’s creative output dating from 1983 to current works in progress. The process of collaboration involves Jack’s scanning and photographing of Gigi’s art and digitally manipulating the color, texture, and composition to create a new image. Gigi likes to call this process binary alchemy.
