TODAY I GOT UP chronicles the front page of the New York Times noting the font size of the main headline. This work has two parts; a monthly calendar and a weekly rendering. Full Project Statement HERE

On December 19, 2019, the front page of the “paper of record” read in 72-point type across its top: “TRUMP IMPEACHED” It was at this point that I embarked on the weekly part of this project, “Today I Got Up”, a series that chronicles the front page of the New York Times observing the font size of the main headline. For the next 13 months, I noted each day the headline appeared in all capital letters and exceeded 30 points. I then extracted two words from  each headline and placed them on a page, creating a kind of concrete poetry. If the font size did not exceed 30 points, no words were chosen and the space was left blank. I then hand painted the selected words onto the rear of a sheet of photo rag paper, pushing the ink through its fibers using various methods and force, resulting in a blurred almost unreadable text. Each print represents a week of headlines. In addition, I included any graphs of data that may have appeared.


For me, this application visualizes and mimics how I feel as each day unfolds and new events and experiences are layered upon the past, absorbing and sometimes obscuring those that preceded them.


How news is told and sold has been a long-standing interest of mine. I find as I move through these difficult times I often feel numbed and saturated by the data and statics that pour over me day after day, leaving comprehension just beyond my grasp. “Today I Got Up” stands as my futile attempt to collate the historic and ephemeral news cycle that we live in.


This project pays homage to the seminal works of On Kawara, “Today” and “I Got Up”. Those works affirmed his own existence and in return, ours. It is my hope that this series might offer similar reflections.


“Today I Got Up” covers the dates of November 19, 2019 through January 21, 2021, the inauguration of President Biden, and there are 58 prints in total.


"Today I Got Up" is a body of work within of my ongoing project, "Residual Ink Drawings", a series that utilizes reclaimed ink from empty ink jet cartridges.


"Today I Got Up" was named a 2021 Finalist in the 95th Annual at The Print Center by David Campany and Larissa Goldston and was included in the exhibition "Fit To Print" at The Print Center curated by Dr. Ksenia Nouril and Lisa Blas. The work was also featured in Musee Magazine Issue 25.

The Eleanor D. Wilson Museum at Hollins University featured this series in a solo exhibit in 2022 as part of the Frances Nieder Artist-in-Residence program.

December 19 - December 25, 2019



December 26, 2019 - January 1, 2020
January 2 – January 8, 2020
January 9 – January 15, 2020
January 16 – January 22, 2020
January 23 – January 29, 2020
January 30 – February 5, 2020
February 6 – February 12, 2020
February 13 – February 19, 2020
February 20 – February 26, 2020
February 27 – March 4, 2020
March 5 – March 11, 2020
March 12 – March 18, 2020
March 19 – March 25, 2020
March 26 – April 1, 2020
April 2 – April 8, 2020
April 9 – April 15, 2020
April 16 – April 22, 2020
April 23 – April 29, 2020
April 30 – May 6, 2020
May 7 – May 13, 2020
May 14 – May 20, 2020
May 21 – May 27, 2020
May 28 – June 3, 2020
June 4 – June 10, 2020
June 11 – June 17, 2020
June 18 – June 24, 2020
June 25 – July 1, 2020
July 2 – July 8, 2020
July 9 – July 15, 2020
July 16 – July 22, 2020
July 23 – July 30, 2020
July 31 – August 5, 2020
August 6 – August 12, 2020
August 13 – August 19, 2020
August 20 – August 26, 2020
August 27 – September 2, 2020
September 3 – September 9, 2020
September 10 - September 16, 2020
September 17 - September 24,2020
September 25 - October 1, 2020
October 2 - October 8, 2020
October 9- October 15, 2020
October 16 - October 22, 2020
October 23 - October 29, 2020
October 30 - November 4, 2020
November 5 - November 11, 2020
November 12 - November 18, 2020
November 19 - November 25, 2020
November 26 - December 2, 2020
December 3 - December 9, 2020
December 10 - December 16, 2020
December 17 - December 23, 2020
December 24 - December 30, 2020
December 31, 2020 - January 6, 2021
January 7 - January 13, 2021
January 14 - January 20, 2021
January 21 - January 27, 2021