Lynn Sures
Shanidar I

Media: Colored pencil drawing on artist-made sisal paper

Artist Statement:
The Shanidar cave in Kurdish Iraq is a rich source of ancient Neanderthal fossils, such as Shanidar 1. I am looking at Neanderthal fossils after learning that they were the first species of humans who used ochre as a pigment—hence the color of my sisal paper, and the palette of the drawing.

Biography

Lynn Sures is currently a Research Associate at SI National Museum of Natural History, in drawing. Her 2019 exhibitions include “Topographies of Life: Rogers, Sures, Watkin” at the American University Museum, DC; and “Pulparazzi: Painting with Paper” in Jamestown, RI. Sures is President of North American Hand Papermakers. She was guest editor of the 2016 Winter issue of Hand Papermaking magazine, on the papermaking of Italy. She directs and leads “Paper/Print/Book,” a summer practice and study trip to Fabriano, Italy.