Hybrid Breath by Ryder Cooley

Ryder Cooley, artist and resident (2013 & 2015) who did collaborative residencies in with Hazel, a disembodied taxidermy ram, has donated the following: 

Hybrid Breath: a life-size (8ft x 42.5in) mixed-media drawing on ivory paper/scroll, unframed. walnut ink, charcoal, acrylic and latex paint. The drawing represents the silouette of artist Ryder Cooley and her taxidermy Hazel the Ram, who performs with Ryder in her band Dust Bowl Faeries. A false eyelash is collaged onto the left eye of the human head. Made during a Blue Mountain Residency. Ryder Cooley is a mixed-media artist/musician based in the NY Hudson Valley, ww.rydercooley.com  |  www.dustbowlfaeries.com

Images are as follows: 

1. Full length drawing (aprox. 8 ft tall & 3.5ft wide)  2. Close Up   3. Detail (with eyelash)

• Name : Ryder Cooley