In the Garden
The first monograph from David V. D’Andrea is a selection of drawings spanning the last 15 years.
This book consists of the raw material for band posters ( OM, Wovenhand, Graveyard, and more) , self published collaborations with Steven R. Smith and Blood of the Black Owl, event flyers, skateboard graphics, the Ascend Ascend project with poet Janaka Stucky, the annual Samaritan Press calendar and more. All work was composed by hand utilizing India ink on wood panel.
David’s inspiration interweaves Hindu mythology , William Blake, the Pacific Northwest landscape, bible parables, hatha yoga, turn of the century illustration, transcendental music, and the art of printmaking itself.
The garden is a place of heart-based inspiration and creativity. When I am in the garden the ideas flourish and drawings grow. ~DV
Samaritan Press (est 2012) is the imprint of David V. D’Andrea, a small print shop built to publish his work and that of close friends and peers.
9 x 12” Casebound Hardcover
56 pp / 43 plates
Foil stamped ¼ cloth spine
Ex libris and signature plate tipped in
Signed and numbered by the artist
Limited first edition of 500 (100 boxed / 400 reg)
There are two versions of In the Garden.
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Version 1. The book alone
Version 2. The book housed in a beautiful lidded box and including a frameable 9x12” letterpress print. Both versions have letterpress tipped-in plates which are signed and numbered.
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Published by Samaritan Press, 2024
Edited by Paul Schiek / TBW Books
Shipping begins December 15th
*First 100 orders include a letterpress Ex Libris set*
In the Garden transmutes ink into cosmic portals where primordial rhythms thrum with life, death, rebirth, and the liminal space between. David's masterful renderings invoke an archetypal ecology that speaks to the interconnectedness between the self and all things—from soil to snake to a starlit skull twinkling in the lap of god. Meditate on these works and be transformed.
~ Janaka Stucky , poet
“The somatic meets the transcendental in D’Andrea’s painstakingly constructed visual works. Vascular continuity flows between organic and spiritual forms by way of capillaries carrying ink, sap and blood. From the hard, saturnine clay of raw matter awaken phantasms cloaked in the otherworld. In this kinetic paradigm, the viewer embarks on a dynamic journey into the primordial wellspring that pours into the boundless seas. The traveler is nourished and imperiled in equal measure, following the glittering ocular current from the underworld to the heavens, through myriad lush intricacies, guided by gossamer elementals. D’Andrea is in this sense, both magician and navigator, evoking visions, charting the path to Gnosis with a deftly wielded pen.”
~ B. Vierling, artist
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“D’Andrea’s work is his spiritual path.”
~ Al Cisneros, Om / Sleep
