San Pedro, CA: Careless Press, 2014. Hardcover. Number 19 of 30 copies. A collection of pen and ink drawings by Carol Es. According to the artist: "Some of these drawings are brand spankin' new. Some of them have been published before. Some of them might look familiar, but they have been newly redrawn. Together, they are supposed to tell a story about me, Carol, to reveal a little window into my overall art-making process ... I had one kind of mantra I said to myself while I created these drawings. If I could put it into words, it would go something like, 'be yourself through this pen and tell your story'."

Handbound in quarter black cloth over white paper covered boards with letterpress printed title and illustration to both boards. The commercially printed interior features sixty-five reproductions of pen and ink illustrations. Each copy includes an original, colored pencil drawing by the artists on the third page. Unpaginated. [70 pages.] Size: 8.5 x 8.5 inches.

Contemporary abstract artist, Ayin Es was born and raised in Los Angeles. They identify as nonbinary or genderqueer. Known primarily for their unusual mixed media oil paintings and artist's books, their work is considered raw and highly personal. At a glance, brightly colored surfaces suggest children's art, but upon deeper inspection there is evidence of abuse, disability, queer and transgender subject matter, family dynamics, and other thought-provoking themes. Widely collected, Ayin's imaginative artworks reside in museums such as the Getty, Brooklyn Museum, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Centre Pompidou, and more. A two-time recipient of ARC Grants from the Durfee Foundation, they've also won a Pollock-Krasner Fellowship, the Wynn Newhouse Award, an Artist Achievement Award from the National Arts & Disability Center, and the Bruce Geller Memorial Award from the American Jewish University. Los Angeles Art Critic, Peter Frank wrote: "An autodidact, Es has long embodied their interests and their struggles - in painted and drawn and even sculpted and sewn imagery - darkly whimsical forms and figures whose deft fluidity have the eye "going for a walk with a line" (in the words of Paul Klee, who strongly influenced Es) but aggressively trouble the mind." ARTB/052825. Fine. More