Food Trays
I began drawing food trays over maps in early 2000. I was intrigued by the way the image vacillated between the profane suggestion of food against the sacred recognition of the image as a mandala or religious window.
REKER, AT THE FOOTHILLS OF THE PREPOSTEROUS, FOODTRAY #1, 11” X 8.5”, watercolor/mixed media over digital print on paper, 2018
REKER, FOODTRAY (CHICAGO), watercolor/mixed media over map, 60” X 36”, 2013
REKER, CAPTAINS' CHOICE, mixed media over digital print on paper, 11” X 8.5”, 2007
REKER, FOODTRAY (NIPPLE), assembled drawing/collage/mixed media over digital images on paper, 43.75” X 37.75”, 2020
REKER, FOODTRAY (HALF EATEN), watercolor/mixed media over map, 36” X 28”, 2013
REKER, FOODTRAY, collage/mixed media over map, 12” x 16”, 2002
REKER, FOODTRAY (CELL), assembled drawing/collage/mixed media over digital images on paper, 43.75” X 37.75”, 2015-2017