You are observing the moment before, the moment after, and made unaware of the moment in between. You are unsure of exactly what you are witnessing and what it’s fate holds. Taking a second glance at what we may typically overlook. Attempting a closer examination and imagining what it might be like to observe these so-called simple snapshots for the first time. You will find these drawings are of a scene that on the surface appears calm, but with an understanding that it could be just seconds away from chaos. In this comfortable purgatory is where I am intrigued.

Isabel Ainsworth is an artist from Freeport, Maine. She went to school in Baltimore, Maryland and currently works and lives in Brooklyn, New York.

A collection of 3 Risograph prints
Edition of 75
2024