AFTER THOUGHT paintings & poems Basil King (2022)

This latest collection, published by Granary Books, stems from a recent series of paintings that postdate King’s 2019 project, “Looking for the Green Man.” After producing these fifty portrait variations, King “wanted to do something quiet, possibly beautiful, a place of meditation.”
This book is 11 x 15 in., bound in lavender cloth over boards with Mylar dust jacket by Judith Ivry. The 16 page spreads feature a poem and a facing painting, and are printed on Hahnemühle paper by Jason Walz. This is from an edition of 20 copies, numbered and signed by King.… Read More