Read III is a 10 x 8 inch graphite drawing on handmade abaca paper by Jennifer Seas, part of her ongoing body of work that catalogues poetry book dedications to the artist’s mother. In this drawing, Seas isolates the words “the” and “other” from the dedication page — a linguistic fracture of the word “mother” that opens up layered readings of identity, separation, and memory.

Rendered with meticulous precision, Read III invites quiet contemplation of paratextual language and the emotional resonance embedded in poetic fragments. The sparse composition, combined with the material intimacy of handmade paper, transforms minimal language into a conceptual meditation on relational distance and presence.

Unframed and ships flat.