A yellow book cover featuring a long tunic with a very busy hand-drawn pattern featuring orange, brown, and gray nude figures interacting with one another amid large brown leaves and a background of repeat textural marks. The book cover says "Will Stokes" in hand-written cursive.

A detail of a person holding a yellow book that reads "Will Stokes". The book cover features the outline of a shirt with many hand-drawn figures in gray, brown, and orange.

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Description

This monograph book featuring the art of Will Stokes, Jr. explores the artist's lively drawings of people and animals, as well as several yardage designs created with the FWM Studio. Published on the occasion of the artist's 2007 solo exhibition at The Fabric Workshop and Museum.

Published 2007 by The Fabric Workshop and Museum
Softcover, 11 x 8.5 inches
72 pages
Contributors: Marion Boulton Stroud, John Ollman, Judith E. Stein PhD, Lonnie Graham

ISBN: 0-9724556-3-9

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Meet the Artist

Will Stokes, Jr.

Will Stokes, Jr. creates lively, gestural depictions of people and animals amid playful environments. Through his signature mark-making, he tells stories of unlikely companions surrounded by dream-like imagery. Among FWM’s earliest apprentices, Stokes has printed many yardage designs over the years.

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